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A  Finding  List  of  Political  Poems 

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INTRODUCTION 


I- 

PURPOSE. 

The  projected  volume,  of  which  the  following  list  is  an 
abstract,  has  a  two-fold  purpose:  (1)  to  provide  a  finding-list 
of  political  poems  dealing  with  English  affairs  of  the  twelfth, 
thirteenth  and  fourteenth  centuries,  and  (2)  to  publish  the 
numerous  scattered  poems  which  remain  as  yet  either  un- 
published or  published  only  in  miscellaneous  and  often  rare 
collections  of  verse  or  in  old  historical  works. 

II. 

PREDECESSORS. 

The  question  is  immediately  suggested,  what  relation  will 
this  finding-list  and  body  of  hitherto  unpublished  poems  bear 
to  collections  of  political  poems  hitherto  made,  and  to  political 
poems  incidentally  printed  elsewhere?  The  two  standard 
collections  of  political  verse  are : 

1.  "The  Political  Songs  of  England,  from  the  Eeign  of 
John  to  that  of  Edward  II.  Edited  and  translated  by  Thomas 
Wright,  Esq.,  ....  London.  Printed  for  the  Camden 
Society, mdcccxxxix.''      CVol.  VH 

2.  **  Political  Poems  and  Songs  relating  to  English  His- 
tory, composed  during  the  period  from  the  Accession  of  Edw. 
Ill-  to  that  of  Ric.  III.  Edited  by  Thomas  Wright,  Esq.,  .  .  . 
Published  by  the  Authority  of  the  Lords  Commissioners  of 
Her  Majesty's  Treasury,  under  the  Direction  of  the  Master  of 
the  Rolls London  ....  1859."  [Vol.  XIY]. 

Political  poems  are  also  incidentally  published  in  some 
number  in  a  few  other  works.  Among  these  may  be 
mentioned : 

1.  Wright  and  Halliwell's  Reliquiae  Antiquae. 

2.  Wright's  two  different  volumes  entitled  Songs  and 
Carols  [Percy  Society,  XXIII  and  Warton  Club,  IV]. 

3.  Furn wall's  Political,  Religious  and  Love  Poems. 
[E.E.T.S.,    0-S.  15.] 

4.  Boeddeker's  Altenglischen  Dichtungen  des  Harleian 
Ms.  2253. 


5.  The  Myvyrian  Archaiology  of  Wales. 

6.  Histoire  Litteraire  de  la  France. 

7.  Rolls  Series,  the  volumes  of  which,  mostly  mediaeval 
chronicles,  have  furnished  more  specimens  of  political  verse 
than  any  of  the  above.  For  the  full  titles  of  the  works  cited 
see  the  list  of  abbreviations,  p.x. ;  works  containing  only  a 
few  poems  each  are  noted  in  the  same  place-  I\Iany  works 
that  promise  a  rich  return  yet  remain  to  be  searched  before 
the  projected  volume  shall  appear.  a.)  County  and  family 
histories,  b.)  Works  on  German,  Spanish  and  Italian  litera- 
ture corresponding  to  the  H.L.  de  F.  c.)  The  publications  of 
the  Historical  Ms.  Commissioners  of  Great  Britain,  d.)  The 
numerous  mediaeval  mss.,  yet  unpublished,  in  English 
libraries. 

Thomas  Wright,  then,  is  the  only  editor  who  has  made  a 
considerable  collection  of  JEnglish  political  poems  as  such  and 
it  is  only  with  the  poems  of  his  two  collections  and  those 
scattered  elsewhere  thru  his  numerous  other  works  that  the 
present  list  can  profitably  be  compared. 

III. 

COMPARISON  WITH  WRIGHT'S  COLLECTIONS. 

1.  Date.  The  following  list  of  poems  differs  from 
Wright's  two  collections,  first,  as  to  the  time  covered  by  the 
poems  noted  in  each.  This  list  begins  with  eight  poems 
relative  to  the  death  of  Richard  I  in  1199  that  are  just  too 
early  to  come  within  the  scope  of  Wright's  P.  S.  of  E.,  which 
begins  with  John's  reign.  On  the  other  hand  this  list  in- 
cludes no  poem  on  events  later  than  the  accession  of  Henry 
IV  in  1399,  while  Wright's  P.  P.  &  S.  runs  down  to  the  re- 
covery of  the  throne  by  Edward  IV  in  1471. 

2.  Number  of  poems.  Wright's  two  collections  so  far 
from  covering  the  field  completely  during  the  two  hundred 
years  here  treated,  do  not  include  even  all  the  political  verse 
with  which  he  was  acquainted-  In  other  of  his  works  there 
are  38  poems  on  English  conditions,  in  all  likelihood  written 
between  1199  and  1399,  of  the  kind  that  he  classifies  as 
political  and  he  must,  from  his  antiquarian  researches,  have 
been  perfectly  familiar  with  the  numerous  scraps  of  political 
verse  in  the  chronicles  although  he  persistently  ignores  such 
poems.  His  two  collections  contain  in  all  127  poems,  and  for 
the  years  1199-1399,  94  poems.  The  list  which  follows,  al- 
though based  on  a  decidedly  incomplete  examination  of  the 


III. 

sources,  adds  to  these  94  the  titles  of  169  hitherto  uncollected. 
This  is  131  more  poems  than  the  132  Wright  has  published  in 
or  out  of  his  two  collections. 

3.  Length  of  poems.  Many  of  the  poems '  here  first 
collected  are  short;  the  121  of  known  length  not  in  any  of 
Wright's  works  contain  6848  lines,  an  average  of  57  lines  as 
against  Wright 's  132  poems  of  18759,  an  average  of  142  lines. 
Many  of  the  poems  in  his  two  collections  are  of  great  length 
for  pieces  of  occasional  political  verse,  the  94  numbers  that 
occur  in  the  period  1199-1399  A.  D.  amounting  to  16076  lines, 
an  average  of  171  lines.  Nineteen  of  these  poems  are  over 
250  lines  in  length  and  amount  to  11018  lines,  an  average  of 
580  lines.  The  38  poems  scattered  thru  other  works  edited 
by  Mr.  Wright  average  much  shorter  than  those  in  the  P.  S. 
of  E.  and  the  P-  P.  &  S.  They  amount  to  only  2683  lines,  an 
average  of  71  lines.  Most  of  them  are  much  shorter  than  this 
as  two  of  them  are  of  958  and  311  lines  and  three  more  are 
over  one  hundred  lines  (128,  120,  and  172  lines).  With  these 
five  omitted  the  remaining  33  titles  found  in  Wright's  works 
outside  his  two  great  collections  would  average  30  lines.  Omit 
the  18  of  my  titles  (from  works  other  than  any  of  Wright's) 
of  over  100  lines  each  and  the  remaining  103  average  14  lines. 

4.  Language.  The  present  collection  is  also  more  in- 
clusive than  Wright's  in  regard  to  the  languages  represented. 
Disregarding  even  such  broad  dialectic  distinctions  as  that 
between  the  Norman-French  and  the  Provencal,  Wright's 
poems  are  in  three  languages,  Latin,  French  and  English. 
The  present  list  contains  seven  languages,  the  three  found  in 
Wright  and  Welsh,  Irish,  Norse  and  German.  It  is  highly 
probable  that  a  further  search  would  soon  reveal  poems  on 
mediaeval  English  political  affairs  in  contemporary  Spanish 
and  Italian. 

5.  Importance.  The  additional  poems  here  presented 
are  so  obviously  of  equal  historical  value  with  those  in 
Wright 's  two  collections  that  I  shall  cite  but  five  out  of  many 
possible  illustrations  of  this  fact.  Number  82,  On  The  Mur- 
der of  Hugh  of  Lincoln,  strikingly  reflects  the  anti-Jewish 
feeling  of  the  XIII  century  (as,  in  a  humorous  way  does  No- 
81),  a  matter  which  receives  but  scant  incidental  mention  in 
Wright.  This  list,  too,  adds  five  poems  on  the  popular  feel- 
ing against  the  abuses  of  the  church,  (Nos.  245,  248,  250,  252, 
253)  besides  a  representative  of  a  rarer  class,  poems  in  de- 
fence of  the  clergy,  (No.^  255). 

The  subject  of  Englishmen  in  the  crusades,  too,  receives 


IV. 

no  adequate  mention  in  "Wright's  volumes.  Here,  however, 
is  a  long  poem,  (No.  87)  Dialogue  between  Henry  de  Lacy 
and  Walter  Biblesworth  on  the  Crusade,  which  sheds  much 
light  on  the  contemporary  feeling  toward  such  expeditions. 
Here  mention  should  be  made  of  a  poem  found  too  late  for 
insertion  in  the  present  list,  The  Assault  on  Massoura  (KH.^ 
64)  whose  460  French  lines  celebrate  the  deeds  of  English 
and  French  heroes,  notably  William  de  Longespee  in  that  dis- 
astrous assault  in  February,  1250.  This  list  also  adds  a  num- 
ber of  such  short  continental  invitations  to  English  kings  to 
go  on  crusade  as  Nos.  19  and  43.  Then,  too,  Wright  has  no 
treatment  of  England's  continental  relations,  outside  his 
poems  on  tJie  English  kings  and  their  wars  with  France,  com- 
parable to  the  list  here  given  which  show  us  J^nglishmcn  in- 
volved not  only  in  tlie  Albigensian  wars  but  in  the  more  or  less 
bloody  squabbles  for  the  shadowy  honor  of  German  Emperor 
(No.  47).  A  glance  at  the  sections  of  the  list  headed  ''Con- 
tinental" will  at  once  reveal  the  scantiness  of  Wright's  col- 
lections in  this  matter  of  illustrating  Englishmen's  activity 
and  widespread  reputation  for  bravery  on  the  Continent,  out- 
side of  the  poems  in  which  they  boast  of  their  own  victories 
over  the  French- 
Fin  ally,  for  a  comprehensive  survey  of  English  con- 
ditions No.  157  will  more  than  hold  its  own  with  any  poem  in 
Wright. 

IV. 

SUBJECT  AND  NATURE  OF  THE  PROPOSED  EDITION 

Altho  it  would  be  premature  to  outline  in  advance  of  a 
fairly  comi?-rehensive  examination  of  the  sources  the  exact 
nature  of  the  more  complete  edition  of  the  scattered  or  un- 
published political  poems  of  which  this  list  should  show  the 
need,  yet  an  outline  of  some  main  features  of  its  critical  com- 
mentary may  be  of  interest. 

1.  Definition  of  a  Political  Poem.  Here  the  matter 
may  be  stated  in  question  form :  What  features  make  a  poem 
political  or  bar  it  from  being  a  political  poem? 

a.  Length.  E.  Goldsmid,  who  re-edited  Wright's  first 
collection  (P.S.  of  E.)  in  tlife  Bibliotheca  Curiosa  in  1884, 
ridicules  Wright  for  including  pieces  of  such  inordinate 
length  as  those  mentioned  above  under  the  caption  "political 
songs."  Goldsmid 's  attack  is  an  ill-natured  quibble  and  his 
reasrjning  is  specious.     Perhaps  these  long  Latin  poems  were 


V. 

not  sung  but  many  a  longer  work  has  been.  (Which  of  them 
approaches  Beowulf  in  length?)  Their  length  would  cer- 
tainly not  prevent  their  being  read,  even  read  aloud,  tho 
Goldsmid  hints  that  it  forbade  their  having  circulation  and 
influence. 

b.  Language.  It  may  be  that  the  ordinary  monk  let 
alone  the  layman,  could  not  understand  Latin  poems  but  who 
played  the  greatest  part  in  England's  affairs — such  unlettered 
men  or  the  scholarly  churchmen,  Stephen  Langton  and  John 
Peckham  ?  Even  Goldsmid  does  not  pretend  that  the  numer- 
ous Anglo-Norman  or  French  poems  were  rendered  uninflu- 
ential  by  their  language  and  no  more  were  the  Latin  ones  in 
an  age  when  culture  was  largely  classical. 

c.  Positive  criteria.  After  proving  that  neither  great 
length  nor  being  in  a  learned  language  would  bar  a  poem 
from  being  classed  as  political,  the  proposed  investigation 
might  profitably  search  for  essential  qualities  that  every 
political  poem  should  contain.  Probably,  as  would  also  be 
the  case  with  its  treatment  of  the.negative.criteria  noted  above, 
the  conclusions  there  reached  would  differ  from  the  results 
sketched  here  but  it  now  seems  probable  that  three  features 
would  be  selected  by  reason  of  their  occurrence  in  practically 
every  poem  in  this  list. 

1)  Contemporaneity,  that  is  to  say  that  a  political  poem, 
however  antique  may  be  its  illustrations,  bears  on  an  evil  or 
state  of  affairs  existing  at  the  time  of  writing. 

2)  Wordly  end.  In  distinction  to  the  religious  poem  the 
political  poem  complains  of  worldly  misfortunes  not  as  signs 
of  the  triumph  of  evil  but  as  lamentable  per  se  and,  when  it 
has  an  expressed  purpose,  seeks  to  rouse  men  to  better  them- 
selves in  this  world,  not  the  next.  And  it  is  such  direct  com- 
ment on  social  or  political  states  that  is  the  main  purpose  of 
the  political  poem.  Such  material  frequently  occurs  in  other 
poems  (cf.  in  Piers  Plowman,  for  example,  numerous  passages 
of  political  satire)  but  they  cannot  be  classed  as  political  be- 
cause their  main  purpose  is  to  amuse,  instruct  or  edify  and 
not  to  rouse  citizens  to  action,  celebrate  a  victory,  or  eulogize 
a  departed  king  and  recount  the  events  of  the  reign  that  made 
him  beloved  or  hated. 

3)  Definiteness  of  application.  True  political  poems 
are  not  dateless  stock  maxims  versified,  but  reflect  evils  of  a 
particular  time  and  country  or  seek  to  rouse  to  a  particular 
action  demanded  by  local  circumstances.  Thus  the  number- 
less mediaeval  poems  that  advise  against  marriage  are  not 


VI. 

political  as  they  have  no  local  or  temporal  setting  and  reflect 
no  evils  more  characteristic  of  one  country  than  of  another. 
No.  201,  however,  to  cite  one  example,  was  not  only  a  direct 
outgrowth  of  English  conditions  under  Edward  III  but  must 
have  roused  many  of  the  Kentish  multitude  who  marched  into 
London  to  be  tricked  into  submission  by  Richard  II.  The 
purely  local  and  particular  character  of  such  battlecries  as 
Nos.  102  and  105  need  but  be  mentioned. 

Definition.  If  the  discussion  of  this  matter  in  the  fuller 
edition  should  parallel  this  sketch,  the  definition  of  a  politi- 
cal poem  there  presented  would  be :  A  contemporary  poem 
bearing  upon  or  illustrating  by  direct  comment,  not  in- 
cidentally, political  events  or  social  conditions  peculiar  to 
some  one  country  or  period. 

2.  Extension  of  the  Term  Political  Poem  to  Political 
Poems  on  English  Affairs. 

As  noted  above,  the  present  list  includes  poems  in  seven 
languages.  Language,  then,  has  no  weight  in  determining 
what  poems  shall  be  included  under  the  term  political  poems 
on  English  affairs.  But  no  poem  is  included  in  the  list  which 
does  not  deal  with  one  of  two  classes  of  subject,  a)  social  or 
political  conditions  or  events  in  England,  or  b)  the  reputation 
or  doings  of  Englishmen  on  the  continent,  either  actual  as  No. 
73,  On  the  Murder  of  Henry  of  Almaine  by  Simon  and  Guy 
de  Montfort  (at  Viterbo),  or  legendary,  like  No.  33,  wherein 
the  King  of  Ireland  is  used  as  a  paraphrase  for  a  man  of 
great  wealth- 

3.  Time  Limitation. 

The  exclusion  of  even  poems  as  nearly  contemporary  as 
those  written  in  the  XV  Century,  when  they  treat  of  XIII  or 
XIV  Century  conditions,  would  call  for  some  justification  in 
the  completed  criticism.  At  present  it  is  advisable  merely  to 
suggest  the  change  in  attitude  inevitable  with  such  upheavals 
as  the  Lollard  Controversy  and  the  Wars  of  the  Roses,  which 
would  make  many  XV  Century  views  of  the  XIV  well-nigh 
as  erroneous  as  that  of  any  Elizabethan  ballad  on  King  John. 
But  even  if  written  with  a  full  and  unbiased  grasp  of  the  con- 
ditions of  the  preceding  period,  such  a  poem  would  have  to 
be  excluded  as  being  plainly  without  possibility  of  influence 
on  the  time  treated.  True  political  poems,  in  the  sense  of 
the  term  defined  above,  not  only  flow  from  the  emotions  pro- 
ducd  by  the  circumstances  attending  their  writing,  but  show 
by  their  form  and  spirit  the  writer's  wish  to  influence  his 
audience— to  move  them  to  revolt  mth  him,  or  join  with  him 


vn. 

in  deriding  the  corrupt,  or  share  his  joy  in  celebrating  their 
hero 's   victory. 

4.  Classes  of  Political  Poems. 

An  edition  of  the  political  poems  of  the  XIII  and  XIV 
Centuries  based  on  a  thoro  examination  of  the  sources,  would 
afford  material  for  an  instructive  classification  of  such  poems. 
The  poems  might  be  divided  a.)  by  form,  in  to  such  classes 
e.  g.,  as  short  martial  lyrics,  (Nos-  43,  112)  epigrams,  (Nos. 
142,  212),  long  epics,  often  in  Latin,  (Nos.  119,  223,226),  epi- 
taphs, (Nos.  3,  12,  150),  vernacular  lyrics,  (Nos,  22,  174), 
and  the  like.  Here,  perhaps,  would  be  the  best  con- 
nection in  which  to  trace  the  deviation  of  the  dis- 
tinctive metres  of  many  abusive  and  humorous  poems  from 
parts  of  the  Latin  church  service  and  serious  or  heroic  poems 
in  English.  The  poems  might  also  be  classified  b.)  by  con- 
tent, into  satires,  (Nos.  140,  251),  praise  or  worship  of  popu- 
lar heroes,  (Nos.  141,  256 — 263),  attacks  on  traitors  or  tyrants, 
(Nos.  16,  99,  143),  reviews  of  reigns  of  lately  dead  kings  (Nos. 
191,  224),  and  numerous  other  groups.  Each  group  would 
fall  into  several  sub-divisions,  as  suggested  by  the  sub- 
divisions of  the  group  of  poems  on  the  church  in  the  present 
list  (pp.  7 — 8.)  Certain  themes  also  (against  the  taxes, 
against  lawyers,  the  tax-collector  keeps  more  than  he  gives  to 
the  king,  etc.)  that  recur  in  several  poems  would  call  for  full 
treatment  and  might,  in  some  cases,  demand  an  investigation 
of  continental  literature,  as,  for  example,  the  satires  on  the 
church  and  the  poems  which  boldly  attack  tyrants  even  the 
reigning  kings- 

5.  Relation  of  Form  to  Content. 

Does  the  average  attack  on  the  church  make  use  of  a 
hymn-stanza  or  the  like?  A  consideration  of  this  question 
vrould  naturally  be  followed  by  pointing  out  what  the  present 
investigation  has  made  plain,  that  the  songs  in  praise  of  popu- 
lar heroes  are  often  written  in  the  service  books  as  regular 
church  offices.  A  full  treatment  of  the  many  questions  in 
this  section  would  involve  most  fields  of  mediaeval  prosody. 

6.  Necessary  Exclusions. 

The  distinction  between  a  political  poem  and  a  verse 
chronicle  is  not  always  so  obvious  as  one  would  expect.  Cf. 
No.  223,  Gower's  Tripartite  Chronicle.  This  then,  would  call 
for  treatment  as  well  as  such  grounds  of  exclusion  as  would 
bar  such  a  poem  as  Piers  Plowman  (its  religious  character,  for 
one)  and  many  of  the  lyrics  of  the  period,  e.  g.  ''The  Frere 


VIII. 

and  the  Boy"  (where  the  humorous  and  story-telling  qualities 
outweigh  the  satire). 

7.  Conditions  leading  to  Composition  and  under  which 
Poems  were  read. 

One  point  made  plain  in  this  connection  would  be  the 
possibility  of  a  long  Latin  poem,  such  as  Goldsmid  derides, 
having  a  great  influence  thru  being  read  aloud  at  a  monastery 
or  university  and  so  forming  the  ideas  of  some  future  church- 
man-politician. 

8-  Evaluation  of  the  Part  Played  in  English  Life  by 
the  Poems  of  the  several  Classes. 

9.  Estimate  of  Their  Historical  Value  To-Day. 

10.  Discussion  of  Mode  of  Arrangement. 

The  method  used  in  the  present  list  would  not  improbably 
call  for  modification  in  the  fuller  edition.  Here  the  poems 
are  divided,  according  to  the  time  of  the  events  treated,  into 
reigns ;  and  the  poems  under  each  reign  are  divided  according 
to  subject.  The  arrangement  of  the  poems  in  each  group  is, 
as  far  as  possible,  chronological,  the  date  assigned  to  each  be- 
ing, when  possible,  that  of  writing,  which  is  seldom  known, 
but  oftener  that  of  the  events  treated.  Such  occasional  verse 
is,  however,  nearly  always  contemporary.  While  this  chrono- 
logical arrangement  (especially  the  separation  into  reigns) 
may  seem  arbitrary,  it  has  several  points  in  its  favor,  a)  It 
follows  Wright's  arrangement,  tho  he  does  not  attempt  a 
subject  classification,  and  so  facilitates  cross-reference,  b)  It 
facilitates  reference  to  poems  on  an  event  whose  date  is  known 
and  indicates  at  once  if  there  are  any  poems  specifically  on 
that  event,  c)  It  is  largely  suggested  by  the  nature  of  the 
poems  themselves.  Cf .  the  regularity  with  which  the  close  of 
each  reign  is  marked  by  laments  at  the  king 's  death  or  reviews 
of  its  main  events. 

But  this  principle  of  chronological  arrangement  is  in- 
applicable to  the  poems  on  the  church  and  those  on  popular 
heroes.  Attacks  on  the  church  vary  little  if  any  in  the  years 
between  1199  and  1399,  so  only  those  are  included  under  the 
reign  of  writing  that  refer  to  specific  events,  such  for  in- 
stance as  No.  30,  On  Simon's  Election  to  the  See  of  Norwich, 
which  attacks  a  particular  instance  of  simony.  But  very  few 
references  to  particular  crimes  will  be  found  in  the  poems  se- 
lected from  both  centuries  and  grouped  as  a  class  on  pp.  7 — 8. 
These  contain  attacks  on  the  faults  of  the  clergy — lust,  avar- 
ice, deceit,  common  to  all  European  literatures  before  and 


IX. 

after  the  period  covered  by  this  list.  In  a  word,  the  hastiest 
investigation  of  the  matter  will  show  that  this  group 
are  a)  not  more  closely  connected  with  XIII  Century  events 
than  with  XIV;  b)  not  characteristically  English  but  part 
of  a  Europe-wide  literature  of  abuse  and  as  such  deserving 
of  separate  treatment  in  their  proper  and  greatly  wider  set- 
ting. All  the  above  applies  with  equal  force  to  the  poems 
in  praise  or  worship  of  popular  heroes.  Since  the  English 
wrote  services  in  honor  of  their  popular  saints  (see  p.  45)  for 
the  services  in  honor  of  St.  Thomas  of  Canterbury,  and  p.  46 
for  a  hymn  to  Simon  de  Montfort)  how  much  more  must  the 
Italians,  French  and  Spanish  have  done  so? 

11.     Indication  of  Additions  to  Wright's  Collections. 

The  present  list  gives,  besides  the  title,  first  line,  date 
and  number  of  lines  in  each  poem,  a  source  in  which  it  can 
readily  be  found.  Poems  not  included  in  either  of  Thomas 
Wright's  collections  (here  noted  as  C.  S.  VI  and  P.  P.  &  S.) 
are  made  prominent  by  having  their  source  noted  in  black- 
face type,  thus:  R.S.,  H.L-  de  F.,  R.  This  is  done  even  in 
the  case  of  poems  taken  from  Wright's  other  works  which  he 
does  not  include  in  his  two  collections  of  political  poems,  e.  g., 
R.A.  and  R.S.  XL VII. 


NOTES  AND  ABBREVIATIONS 


A.=Archaeologia ;  or  Miscellaneous  Tracts  relating  to  Anti- 
quity. Pub.  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries,  London, 
1770— 

A.  L.^De  Antiquis  Legibus  Liber.  Cronica  Maiorum  et 
Vicecomitum  Londoniarum  et  quedam,  que  contin- 
gebant  Temporibus  illis  ab  Anno  mclxxviiiO;  ad  An- 
num MCCLxxiv"^;  Ed.  by  Thomas  Stapleton  for  C.S., 
Vol.  XXXIV.  London,  1846. 

A.S.  &  B.==Ancient  Songs  and  Ballads,  from  the  Reign  of 
King  Henry  the  Second  to  the  Revolution.  Collected 
by  J.  Ritson.     London,  1829. 

B.=Bards  of  The  Gael  and  Gall,  examples  of  the  poetic  litera- 
ture of  Erinn, George  Sigerson,  London,  1907. 

C.=The  Works  of  Geoffrey  Chaucer,  Globe  Edition.  Ed.  by 
A.  W.  Pollock  and  others.  London,  1903. 

C.H.=The  Cambridge  History  of  English  Literature,  ed.  by 
A.  W.  Ward  and  A.  R.  Waller.  New  York  and  Lon- 
don.    1907. 

C.S.=Camden  Society  Publications.  London,  1838 — . 

C.S.  VI.=The  Political  Songs  of  England,  from  the  reign  of 
John  to  that  of  Edward  II.  Edited  and  translated 
by  Thomas  Wright,  London;  printed  for  the  Camden 
Society,  1839. 

Date  given  after  a  poem  is  that  of  composition.  Where  given 
without  comment  after  a  title  from  P.S.  of  E.,  or  P.P. 
&  S.,  it  is  on  Wright's  authority,  and  so  occasionally 
based  on  scanty  grounds.  This  list  omits  his  dates  in 
cases  where  the  evidence  is  utterly  insufficient  but  in- 
cludes them,  followed  by  ( ?),  where  they  may  be  cor- 
rect tho  a  possibility  of  error  is  evident  from  his  data. 

E.E.=Evan  Evans,  ''Some  Specimens  of  the  Poetry  of  the 
Ancient  Welsh  Bards  .  .  .  .  "  Reprinted  from  Dod- 
sley's  edition  of  1764.  Llanidloes,  Montgomery.  (No 
date.) 

E.E.T.S.=Early  English  Text  Society  publications.  O.S.= 
Original  Series. 


XI. 

E.H.=Excerpta  Historiea,  or  Illustrations  of  English  His- 
tory.    Samuel  Bentley,  1833. 

F.=The  New  Chronicles  of  England  and  Prance,  in  two 
parts ;  by  R.  F.,  named  by  himself  The  Concordance  of 

histories ed.  by  H.  Ellis,  London,  1811.  [Fab- 

yan's  Chronicle.] 

G.E.=George  Ellis  (1745—1815). 

H.L.  de  F.=Histoire  Litteraire  de  La  France,  Ouvrage 
commence  par  des  Religieux  Benedictins  de  la  Congre- 
gation de  Saint-Maur,  et  continue  par  des  Membres  de 
rinstitut  (Academic  royale  des  Inscriptions  et  Belles- 
Lettres.)     Paris. 

H.  of  L.=Poems  relative  to  Hugh  of  Lincoln,  edited  by  J-  0. 
Halliwell-Phillipps,in  his  Contributions  to  early  English 
Literature  derived  chiefly  from  rare  books  and  ancient 
inedited  manuscripts  from  the  fifteenth  to  the  seven- 
teenth century.  London,  1849. 

H.   P.= James   Orchard  Halliwell-Phillips,    (1820—1889). 

Kreuzlied=A  song  to  incite  the  person  addressed  to  go  on  a 
crusade. 

L.  &  S.=Essays  on  subjects  connected  with  the  Literature, 
Popular  Superstitions  and  History  of  England  in  the 
Middle  Ages.     Thomas  Wright.     London,  1846. 

M.  A.=The  Myvyrian  Archaiology  of  Wales,  ed.  by  Owen 
Jones  and  others.  Denbigh,  1870. 

Mackinnon=The  History  of  Edward  The  Third  (1327-1377). 
By  James  Mackinnon.    London,  1900. 

P.  P.  &  S-=Political  Poems  and  Songs,  relating  to  English 
History,  composed  during  the  period  from  the  Acces- 
sion of  Edw.  III.  to  that  of  Ric.  III.  Edited  by 
Thomas  Wright.     Rolls  Series,  Vol.  14,  London,  1859. 

P.R.  &  N.T.=Popular  Rhymes  and  Nursery  Tales:  A  sequel 
to  the  Nursery  Rhymes  of  England.  J.  O.  Halliwell- 
Phillipps.     London,  1849. 

p.S.=Percy  Society  Publications.  31  vols.  London,  1840-1852. 

P.S.  of  E,  see  C.S-  VI. 

R.= Joseph  Ritson  ( 1753—1803 ) . 

R.  of  C.==The  Roll  of  Arms  of  the  Princes,  Barons  and 
Knights  who  attended  King  Edward  I.  to  the  siege  of 

Caerlaverock,  in  1300.     Ed by  Thomas  Wright. 

London,  1864. 


xn. 

R.S.=The  Chronicles  and  Memorials  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland  during  the  Middle  Ages.  Published  by  the 
authority  of  Her  Majesty's  Treasury,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Master  of  The  Rolls.  London,  1858— date. 
[Rolls   Series-] 

S.  &  C.=Songs  and  Carols,  edited  by  Thomas  Wright-  (Note 
that  he  twice  edited  mss.  under  this  title,  first  in  1847, 
Ms.  for  the  Percy  Society    [Vol.  XXTII] 

and  then  in  1856  Ms.  Sloane  2593  for  the  Warton  Club. 

Sirvente=A  biting  political  satire  in  verse. 

Spec.=Specimens  of  the  Early  English  Poets.    George  Ellis. 

S.S.=Scottish  Songs.  Ed.  by  Joseph  Ritson,  London,  1794. 
(See'^R.") 

T-S.=Thomas  Stephens,  "The  Literature  of  the  Kymry; 
".     Llandovery,  1849. 

T.W.=Thomas  Wright  (1810—1877). 

W.  &  H.=Thomas  Wright  and  J.  0.  Halliwell-Phillipps- 

W.C.== Warton  Club  Publications,  4  vols.  London,  1855-1856. 

Z=Die  Lieder  Peires  von  Auvergne,  kritisch  herausgegeben 
mit  Einleitung,  Uebersetzung,  Kommentar  und  Glos- 
sar  von  Rudolf  Zenker  *****  Erlangen,  1900. 

[     ]  =Supplied  by  the  editor. 


OUTLINE  OF  CONTENTS 


(The  number  of  lines  noted  as  the  total  of  each  group 
of  titles  is,  of  course,  not  accurate  in  every  instance.  This  is 
due  to  two  causes:  a)  only  a  few  lines  of  a  poem  may 
refer  to  English  affairs,  as  is  the  case  with  Nos.  18  and  34, 
but  the  total  number  of  lines  in  the  poem  is  used  in  com- 
piling the  table,  b)  Often  a  group  contains  one  or  more 
poems  whose  length  has  not  been  ascertained,  e.g.  Nos.  39 
and  86,  in  which  cases  the  number  of  lines  is  reckoned  as  0 
in  finding  the  total  for  the  group. 

The  total  number  of  titles  and  lines  from  1199  to  the 
end  of  each  reign  appears  in  parentheses  at  the  right.) 

JOHN.     1199—1216. 

Group.                                                                       Titles.  Lines. 

A.  On  the  Death  of  Richard  I.     (Nos.  1—8) . .  8  51 

B.  John  and  Magna  Charta 0  0 

C.  John  and  the  Pope.     (Nos.  9—11) 3  417 

D.  Elegiac  Poems.     (No.  12) 1  8 

E.  Poems    on    Miscellaneous    Subjects.     (Nos. 

13—15) 3  55 

F.  On  the  Continent.     (Nos.  16—19) 4        184 

Total:     19  titles,  715  lines.     (19         715) 

HENRY  III.     1216—1272. 

A.  Establishment.     (Nos.  20—21) 2  150 

B.  Baron's  War.     (Nos.  22— 27) 6  1435 

C.  On  the  Church.     (Nos.  28—31) 4  93 

D.  On  the  Continent.     (Nos.  32—47) 16  504 

E.  Wales.     (Nos.  48—62) 15  1026 

F.  Ireland.     (Nos.  63  and  64) 2  499 

G.  Scotland.     (No.  65) 1  136 

H.    Elegiac  Poems.     (Nos.  66—74) 9  38 

I.  Poems    on  Miscellaneous    Subjects.     (Nos. 

75—90)    16        897 

Total:  71  titles,  4778  lines.     (90      5493) 


XIV. 

EDWARD  I.     1272—1307. 

Group.                                                                     Titles.  Lines. 

A.  England.     (Nos.  91—97) 7  699 

B.  France.     (Nos.  98  and  99) 2  76 

C.  Wales.     (No.  100) 1  8 

D.  Scotland,  (Nos.  101—120) 20  1973 

E.  Elegiac  Poems.     (Nos.  121—126) 6  214 

F.  On    the    Continent,     (excluding    France.) 

(No.  127)    1  136 

G.  Poems    on    Miscellaneous    Subjects.     (Nos. 

128—138) 11  645 

H.     Ireland.     (Nos.  139—141) 3  254 


6 

186 

2 

118 

2 

10 

7 

1137 

Total:     51  titles,  4005  lines.     (141      9498) 


EDWARD  11.     1307—1327. 

A.  Edward  vs.  the  Barons.    (Nos.  142—147) . . 

B.  Scotland.     (Nos.  148  and  149) 

C.  Elegiac  Poems.     (Nos.  150  and  151) 

D.  Poems   on   Miscellaneous    Subjects.      (Nos, 

152—158)    


Total:     17  titles,  1451  lines.     (158     10949) 


EDWARD  III.     1327—1377. 

A.  The  French  War.     (Nos.  159—173) 15  2462 

B.  English    Affairs 0  0 

C.  Scotch  Wars.     (Nos.  114—184) 11  709 

D.  Spanish  Wars.     (Nos.  185—187) 3  808 

E.  Elegiac  Poems.     (Nos.  188— 191) 4  298 

F.  Poems  on  Miscellaneous   Subjects.      (Nos. 

192—200)    9  81 


Total:    42  titles,  4358  lines.     (200     15307) 


RICHARD  II.     1377—1399. 

A.  The  Peasant  Revolt.     (Nos.  201—206) 6  231 

B.  Lollardry.     (Nos.  207—210) 4  1000 

C.  Spain    0  0 

D.  Ireland    0  0 

E.  England.     (Nos.  211—224) 14  2399 


XV. 

Group.                                                                     Titles.  Lines. 

F.  France.      (No.   225) 1  56 

G.  Scotland.     (Nos.  226  and  227) 2  562 

H.     Elegiac  Poems.     (No.  228) 1  4 

I.       Poems   on  Miscellaneous   Subjects.      (Nos. 

229  and  241) 13  1151 

J.     Welcome  to  Henry  lY.  (Nos.  242  and  243.)  2  492 


Total:     43  titles,  5895  lines.     (243     21202) 

THE  CHURCH. 

A.  Direct  Attacks  on  the   Corruption  of  the 

Regular  Clergy.      (Nos.  244—249) 6       2653 

B.  Satirical    Plans    for    a    Monk's    Paradise. 

(Nos.  250  and  251) 2        438 

C.  Attacks    on    Carelesness    in    Church   Ser- 

vices.    (Nos.  252  and  253) 2  5 

D.  Attacks     on      the    Ecclesiastical      Courts. 

(No.  254)   1  90 

E.  Defenses  of  the  Church.     (No.  255) 1        560 


Total:     12  titles,  3746  lines.     (255     24948) 

POPULAR  HEROES. 

A.  For   Use   in   the    Church   Service.      (Nos. 

256—260)    5        115 

B.  Miscellaneous  Poems.     (Nos.  261—263) ...       3  76 


Total:    8  titles,  191  lines.     (263     25139) 


JOHN 

A.    ON  THE  DEATH  OF  BICHABD  I. 

1.  ** Prophecy"  of  the  Death  of  Eichard  I.    R.S.  XXXVI, 
II,  xviii  &  71.     Date,  2  11. 

Pro  miraculo  habetur  apud  multos  quod  per  multum  tem- 
pus  ante  obitum  regis  solebant  puellae  Normanicae  canere 
in  choris, 

*  *  In  Lomizin  sagitta  f  abricatur, 

Qua  tyrannus  morti  dabitur ' ' 

Sed  mirum  nobis  videtur  quare  tyrannus  pronostice  di- 
cebatur,  qui  princeps  piisimus,  ut  aestimabamus,  existebat. 
Revera,  quod  mirum  dictu  est,  postremo  ille  telo  occubuit 
quod  in  Limozin  fabricatum  est. 

2.  Richard  Forgives  his  Slayer.     R.S.  XLII,  272-3. 
Event,  1199.  2  11. 

E  auderein  fist  il  venir  devant  ly  cely  ki  lout  plaee  e  ly 
dist:  "Quel  mal  fis  jeo  unkes  a  tey,  pur  quei  ma  tu  twe?" 
E  il  meintenant  respondi:  "Ws  tuastes  mon  pere  e  mes  ii. 
freres  de  vostre  meyn,  e  ws  voleit  a  donkes  aver  twe  mey 
meimes;  pernet  done  quel  vengance  ki  vus  volez  de  mei,  je 
ne  faz  force;  kar  jeo  suffray  volunters  quel  mort  e  quel 
peine  ws  me  volez  fere  aver,  partens  ke  tant  mal  avez 
fet  el  mund."  E  done  le  rey  comanda  ke  il  fut  deslie  e 
dist  aly :  ' '  Jeo  te  pardoyn  ma  mort. ' '  Mes  le  bacheler  estut 
meintenant  devant  les  pez  le  rey  ki  out  le  quer  gros  etut 
bandement  mist  avant  la  teste  pur  receivre  la  mort.  E 
quant  le  rey  out  ceo  veu  il  ly  dist, 

' '  Certes  tu  viveras,  quel  talen  ki  tu  as ; 

[E]  jammes  ma  mort  ne  comperas." 

En  tele  manere  fust  il  lesse  aler  tut  quite.  E  le  rey 
comanda  ke  horn  ly  dona  cent  souz  de  la  moneye  de  Engletere. 
Mes  un  y  out  malveys  de  Braban  Marchadeus  ki  fust  ou  le  rey, 
ki  le  prist  par  la  meyn  e  le  tint;  e  quant  le  rey  fust  mort  il 
lescorcha  e  pus  pendi. 

3.  Epitaph  on  Richard  the  Crusader.     R.S.  XLIII,  p.  336. 
Date  of  death,  1199.  4  11. 

Christe,  tui  calicis  praedo  fit  praedo  Calucis : 
Acre  brevi  dejicis  qui  tulit  aera  crucis. 
Hie  Ricarde,  jaces,  sed  mors  si  cederet  armis, 
Victa  timore  tui  cederet  arma  tuis. 


John]  2  [1199—1216 

4.  Expolits  of  Richard  on  his  Crusade.  R.S.  XLIX,  II,  252. 
Date  of  crusade,  1190-91.  6  11. 

(The  likeness  of  11.  1  and  2  to  11.  3  and  4  is  an  example 
of  the  frequent  borrowing  of  scraps  of  verse  by  the  chron- 
iclers.) 

Rex  Ricarde  jaces ;  sed  si  mors  cederet  armis, 
Victa  timore  tui,  cederet  ipsa  tuis. 
Laus  tibi  prima  fuit  Siculi,  Cyprus  altera,  Jope 
Tertia;  quarta  dromo;  quinta  cavarna  fuit. 
Suppressi  Siculi ;  Cyprus  pessundata ;  Jope 
Tenta;  dromo  mersa;  capta  cavarna  fuit. 

5.  Four  Epigrams  on  Richard.  R.S.  LI,  IV,  84.  Dates, 
probably  c.  1199,  soon  after  Richard's  death. 

2+4+6+8=20  11. 
(Sometimes  printed  together  in  varying  order.) 

a.  In  hujus  morte  perimit  formica  Leonem. 
Proh  dolor,  in  tanto  funere  mundus  obit ! 

b.  Viris,  avarita,  scelus,  enormisque  libido, 
Foeda  fames,  atrox  elatio,  caeca  cupido 
Annis  regnarunt  bis  quinis :  arcubalista 
Arte,  manu,  telo,  prostravit  viribus  ista. 

c.  Si  genus  et  probitas  metas  transcendere  mortis 
Possent,  intrassem  non  ego  mortis  iter 

Stare  putas  hominem,  cui  mors  ab  origine  finem 
Nunciat  et  mens  est,  ingeminat,  mens  est? 
Longa  manus  morti ;  mors  f ortior  Hectore  f orti ; 
Expugnat  homines  oppida,  mors  homines. 

d.  Hujus  debellare  nequivit  virtutem  magnorum  turba 
laborum 

Cujus  iter,  gressus,  obstacula  nulla  retardant. 
Non  strepitus,  non  ira  maris,  non  vallis  abyssus, 
Non  juga,  non  celsi  praeceps  audacia  montis, 
Asperitasque  viae  saxis  callosa,  nee  ipsae 
Limitis  ambages,  desertaque  nescia  gressus, 
Non  rabies  venti,  non  imbribus  ebria  nubes, 
Non  tonitrus  horrenda  lues,  non  nubilius  aer. 

6.  On  Richard's  Burial.  R.S.  XLIII,  336.  Date  of 
burial,  1199.  4  ^ 

Viscera  Cariolun,  corpus  Fons  servat  Ebraudi, 
Et  cor  Rothomagum,  magne  Ricarde,  tuum. 
In  tria  dividitur  unus,  qui  plus  fuit  uno, 
Nee  superest  uni  gratia  tanto  viro. 

7.  On  Richard's  Burial.   R.S.    XIII,  96.  Date,  6+5=11  11. 

a.     Achaluz  cecidit  rex,  regni  cardo,  Ricardus : 


John]  3  [1199—1216 

Hiis  ferus,  hie  humilis,  hie  agnus,  hiis  leopardus. 

Casus  erat  lucis  Chaluz :  per  saecula  nomen 

Non  intellectum  f uerat ;  sed  nominis  omen 

Non  patuit,  res  elausa  fuit:  sed  luce  eadente 

Prodiit  in  lucem,  pro  casu  lucis  adeptae. 

b.     Pictavis  exta  ducis  sepelit,  tellusque  Chalucis 

Corpus  dat  claudi,  sub  marmore  Fontis  Ebraudi, 

Neustria,  tuque  tegis  cor  inexpugnabile  regis, 

Sic  loca  per  trina  se  sparsit  tanta  ruina, 

Nee  fuit  hoc  funus  cui  sufficeret  locus  unus. 

8.  On  Richard's  Burial  (13  11.  variant  of  above  with  two 
new  lines,  7.  8)  R.S.  XLI,  VIII,  171. 

Acalus  cecidit  rex,  regni  cardo,  Ricardus,  ... 

Prodiit  in  lucem  per  casum  lucis  ademptae 

Anno  milleno  ducenteno  minus  uno 

Ambrosii  festo  decessit  ab  orbe  molesto. 

Pictavis  exta  ducis  sepelis  rea  terra  Calucis ; 

Neustria  tuque  tegis  cor  inexpugnabile  regis;  1.  10 

Corpus  das  dandi  sub  marmore  Fontis  Ebrardi. 

Sic  loca  per  trina  se  sumpsit  tanta  ruina 

Ejus  vita  brevis  cunctis  plangetur  in  aevis. 

B.    JOHN  AND  MAGNA  CHARTA. 

(The  entire  absence  of  any  contemporary  allusions  in 
verse  to  this  phase  of  John's  reign  is  one  of  the  most  strik- 
ing facts  brought  out  by  the  present  list.  The  signing  of 
this  "charter  of  liberties"  could  not  have  been  regarded  at 
the  time,  as  the  modern  historian  considers  it,  as  the  most 
noteworthy  event  of  the  reign.  Nor  were  the  "metricians" 
silent  on  this  agitation  because  they  regarded  it  as  too  im- 
portant for  rhyme.  In  this  reign  we  have  poems  on  such 
serious  matters  as  the  interdict  (No.  10),  and  on  the  impend- 
ing loss  of  the  English  possessions  in  France,  (Nos.  16  and 
17).  Cf.,  too,  the  numerous  poems  arising  out  of  the  Barons' 
War  under  Henry  III.  (Nos.  22—27). 

C.    JOHN  AND  THE  POPE. 

9.  Song  on  the  Bishops,  C.S.  VI,  p.  6.  c.  1207.  162  II. 

Complange  tui,  Anglia, 

10.  On  the  Interdict.  R.S.  XLIV,  III,  224.  Event,  1228.  2  11. 
Cum  igitur  papa  plures  et  pluries  nuncios  ad  regem  de- 

stinasset,  et  nihil  proficiebant,  prima  die  Lunae  in  Passione 
Domini,  scilicet  x  kalendas  Aprilis,    [March  23]    sub  gen- 


John]  4  [1199-1216 

erali  interdicto  conclusum  est  regnum  Anglicanum.      Unde 

quidam  ait  versificator, 

**Mille  ducentenis  annis,  octoque  peractis, 
Tollitur  Angligenis  cultus  et  ordo  sacer." 
Infiscantur   igitur   omnia  bona  ecclisiae  in  Anglia.  Rex 

autem  sibi  timens,  homagia obsides. 

11.  Sirvente  on  Rome.      H.L.de  F.  XVIII,  654.  1226-1229. 

253  11. 
(The  lines  quoted  contain  the  only  reference  to  England  in 
the  extracts  from  this  sirvente  given  in  the  H.  L.  de  F.) 

Sirventes  vnelh  far 

En  est  son  que  m'agensa,. . . 

Roma  enganairitz, 

Qu'etz  de  totz  mals  guitz 

E  sims  e  razitz; 

Lo  bon  reys  d^Anglaterra 

Fon  per  vos  trahitz. 

D.    ELEGIAC   POEMS. 

12.  Two  Epitaphs  on  John,  R.S.  LVIII,  II,  669. 

Date  of  death,  1216.  6+2=8  11. 

a.  Hoc  in  sarcophago  sepelitur  regis  imago, 
Qui  moriens  multum  sedavit  in  orbe  tumultum, 
Et  cui  connexa  dum  vixit  probra  manebant. 

Hunc  mala  post  mortem  timor  est  ne  fata  sequantur. 
Qui  legis  haec,  metuens  dum  cernis  te  moriturum, 
Discite  quid  rerum  pariat  tibi  meta  dierum. 

b.  Anglia  sicut  adhuc  sordet  foltore  Johannis, 
Sordida  foedatur  foedante  Johanne  gehenna. 

E.    POEMS  ON  MISCELLANEOUS  SUBJECTS. 

13.  Three  Poems  in  Praise  of  Giraldus  Cambrensis.     R.S. 
XXI,  III,  pp.  95  and  96.  Events,  1199.       10+14+20=44  11. 

a.  Optime  sancte  David,  virtus  quem  celsa  beavit, 

b.  Spes  tua  Roma  tibi  defecit  teque  reliquit; 

c.  Giraldus  girans  discurrit  ad  ardua  spirans 

14.  On  Richard  de  Marisco.    R.S.    CXI,  I,  244.    1213-1214. 

2+6=8  11. 
(The  passage  occurs  after  an  account  of  events  in  1213  and 
immediately  before  an  account  of  the  death  of  the  Abbott 
of  St.  Alban's  in  1214). 

a.     Eodemque    tempore,    cum    Ricardus    de    Marisco, 
Regis    principalis    consiliarius,    exactor   pecuniae    inexora- 


John]  5  [1199—1216 

bills,  supra  modum  ipsum  Abbatem  stimulando  artavit,  ut 
supradictam,    pecuniam    festivanter    persolveret    de    ipso 
quoque  dixit,  ipsum  Ricardum  et  Regem  reprobando, — 
**Non  erit  Abimelech  requies,  regnante  Saul,  nee 
Pax  stabilis,  donee  desinat  esse  Doeeh.*' 
b.     Epitaphium   Ricardi   de    Marisco    episcopi   Dunel- 
raensis  editum  a  quodam  monacho  Dunelmensi.  R.S.    LVII, 
III,  112.     Date  of  death,  1226. 

Culnrina  qui  cupitis,    laudes  pompasque  sititis, 
Est  sedata  sitis,  si  me  pensare  velitis. 

Qui  populos  regitis,     memores  super  omnia  sitis 
Quod  mors  inmitis       non  parcit  honore  potitis. 
Vobis  praepositis         similis  fuerum,  bene  scitis 
Quod  sum  vos  eritis,     ad  me  currendo  venitis. 

15.  On  the  Marriage  of  Lady  Margaret  Rivers  to  Faulkes. 
R.S.  LVII,  V.  323.     Event,  1215.  3  11. 

Eodemque  anno,  sexto  nonas  Octobis,  (October  2,  1252) 
obiit  nobilis  ac  generosa  domina  Margareta,  comitissa  de  In- 
sula, cognomento  de  Ripariis,  quondam  uxor  Falcasii  cruen- 
tissimi  proditoris.  Copulabatur  tamen  eidem  ignobili  nobilis, 
pia  impio,  turpi  speciosa,  invita  et  coacta,  tradente  earn 
Johanne  tiranno,  qui  nullum  genus  abhorruit  facinorig  perpe- 
f?andi.     De  qua    copula  ait  satis  eleganter; 

' '  Lex  connectit  eos,  amor  et  concordia  lecti : 

Sed  lex  qualis?    Amor  qualis?    concordia  qualia? 

Lex  exlex,  amor  exosus,  concordia  discors/' 

F.    ON  THE  CONTINENT. 

16.  Sirvente  on  King  John.  C.S.  VI,  3.     1204-1205.     52  11. 
Quant  vei  lo  temps  renovellar, 

17.  Song  on  the  Siege  of  Thouars.  C.S.,  VI,  1.  1206.     32  11. 
Mors  est  li  siecles  briemant. 

18.  Sirvente  on  Robert,  Bishop  of  Clermont,  H.L.  d«  F. 
XVIII,  613.    (Raynouard,  Choix,  IV,  258).    1212.  32  11. 

Vergoigna  aura  breument  nostre  evesque  cantaire,  .    .    . 
Et  ab  deniers  dels  mortz  alonga  al  rie  sa  guerra : 
Aitan  I'azire  dieus  cum  el  aura  Englaterra. 
Englaterra  aura  el  ben  e  fai  gran  fellonia, 
Que  lo  reis  Ta  cregut  de  mais  qu'el  non  avia ; 
(The  lines  quoted  contain  the  only  reference  to  England 
in  the  poem). 

19.  Kreuzlied,   Mentioning    John^s   Peace    with   Otto   and 
Philip  II.    Z.  p.  147.     After  1214  (?)  68  11. 

Lo  senher  que  formet  lo  tro 


John]  6  [1199—1216 

Al  rei  Felip  et  a'n  Oto 

et  al  rei  Joan  eisamen 

laus  que  fasson  accordamen        1.35 

entr'els  e  segon  lo  perdo, 

e  servon  a  sancta  Maria, 

don  SOS  fils  pert  la  senhoria 

de  Suria  del  comte  de 

Sur  tor  al  renhe  d'Egipte. 


HENRY  III. 

A.    ESTABLISHMENT. 

20.  The  Taking  of  Lincoln.  C.S.  VI,  p.  19. 

Event,  1217.  148  11. 

Serpserat  Angligenam  rabies  quadrangnla  gentum. 

21.  On  Falcasius' Surrender.    R.S.    XIII,  151. 

Event,  1224.  2  11. 

Tandem  capto  castello,  [Bedford],  suspensi  sunt  inter 
milites  et  servientes  plusquam  Ixxx.,  et  factus  est  exul  Fal- 
co,  dominus  tunc  illius  castri,  per  judiciuna  regni  Angliae; 
et  quasi  in  momento  idem  Falcasius  de  divite  pauperrimus 
effectus,  multis  poterit  et  maxime  nocentibus  fiere  in  ex- 
emplum;  de  quo  quidam  sic  ait: 

''Perdidit  in  mense  Falco  tarn  fervidus  ense 
Omine  sub  saevo  quicquid  quaesivit  ab  aevo." 

B.    BARONS'  WAB. 

22.  Song  against  the  King  of  Almaigne.  C.S.    VI,  p.    69. 
Event,  1264.  56  11. 

Sitteth  alle  stille  ant  herkneth  to  me: 

23.  The  Battle  of  Lewes.  C.S.  VI,  p.  72.    Event,  1264.  968  11. 
Calamus  velociter  scribe  sic  scribentis, 

24.  The  Song  of  the  Barons.  C.S.  VI,  p.  59.    1263  ( ?) 
(Beginning  and  end  lost.)  Remain,    80  11. 

M'es  de  Warenne  \y  bon  quens, 

25.  Song  upon  the  Divisions  among    the    Barons.  C.S.  VI, 
p.  121.    Date,  probably  contemporary.  48  11. 

Flange  plorans,  Anglia,  plena  jam  dolore; 

26.  The  Lament  of  Simon  de  Montfort.     C.S.     VI,  p.  125. 
Event,  1265.  54  U. 

Chaunter  m'estoit,  mon  cuer  le  voit,  en  un  dure  langage, 

27.  Deeds  and  Death  of  Simon  de  Montfort.       H.P.  in 
C.  S.  XV,  139.    Ante  1267.  229  II 

Illos  salvavit  Mons  Fortis  quos  superavit ; 

C.     ON  THE  CHURCH. 

28.  The  Song  of  the  Church.     C.S.  VI,  p.  42.    1256.    40  11. 
Or  est  acumpli  a  men  acient 


Hen.  III.]  8  [1216—72 

29.  A  Song  Against  the  Bishops.  C.S.  VI,  p.  44.  1256.    40  11. 
Licet  aeger  cum  aegrotis. 

(77.     Song  on  the  Corruptions  of  the  Time.    See  under  I.) 

30.  On  Simon's  Election  to  the  See  of  Norwich.  R.S.  I. 
158.    Event  1259.  2  11. 

In  that  same  tyme  the  monkis  of  Norwich  chose  to  her 
bishop  a  man  that  hite  Simon,  because  he  lent  hem  CCC 
mark ;  of  whech  eleccion  were  mad  these  vers : 

Trecente  marce,  Simon,  si  pontificent  te, 

Per  numisma  teres,  fit  Simon  Simonis  heres. 
This  is  the  English  :- 

Thre  hundred  mark,  Simon,  if  thei  make  the  bischop. 

With  mony  thou  tredis  thi  trace,  so  Simond  Simon  eyer 
he  was. 

31.  On  the  Duty  of  Poverty  among  the  Francisians.  R.S. 
IV,  25.    1225-50  or  earlier.  11  11. 

In  Thomas  de  Eccleston  Liber  de  Adventu  Minorum  in 
Angliam  we  read:  Venit  quoque  Frater  Henricus  de  Bur- 
forde,  qui  cum  adhuc  novitius  esset,  et  cantor  Fratrum  Paris- 
ius,  contra  temptationes  quas  sustinuit  versus  istos  in  medi- 
tatione  composuit: 

Qui  Minor  es,  noli  ridere,  tibi  quia  soli 
Convenit  ut  plores ;  jungas  cum  nomine  mores. 
Nomine  tu  Minor  es.  Minor  actibus  esto,  labores 
Perfer,  et  ingentem  vincat  patientia  purgat 
Si  quicquam  facis;  est  siquis  te  corripit?    is  est, 
Qui  te  custodit ;  non  te,  sed  quod  facis,  odit. 
Quid  tibi  cum  vili  veste,  cibo,  quoque  cubile  ? 
Peccator  certe,  tu  singula  perdis  aperte 
Si  mentitus  eris  factis  quod  veste  fateris. 
Umbra  minoris  erit,  qui  nulla  re  sua  quaerit. 

D.    ON  THE  CONTINENT 

32.  Allusion  to  Frederick  II. 's  Friendship  for  England. 
H.L.  de  F.  XIX,  472.  Date  uncertain.  (Number  of  lines 
not  ascertained.) 

Un  sirventes  vuelh  far  en  aquest  son  de  N  Gui. 

33.  Reference  to  ''The  King  of  Ireland.''  H.L.  de  F.  XX, 
576.  Date  not  ascertained.  38  11. 
(The  lines  quoted  contain  the  only  allusion  to  the  British 
Isles  in  the  poem.) 

Tot  f arai  una  demanda 

No  vuelh  esser  reis  d'Irlanda, 


Hen.  III.]  9  [1216—72 

Per  tal  qu'ieu  emble  ni  tuelhai 

Castelh  ni  tor  ni  baranda,  1.  10. 

Ni  que  Tautra  gent  cofonda. 

34.  Reference  to  Simon  de  Montfort'a  Fearlessness. 
H.L.  de  F.  575.  Date  uncertain.  4A  11. 
(The  lines  quoted  contain  the  only  allusion  to  England  in  the 
poem.) 

Per  folhs  tenc  PoUes  e  Lombartz 

Et  aura  1  ops  bos  estandartz 

E  que  fieira  mielhs  que  Rotlans,  1.  10. 

E  que  sapcha  mais  que  Raynartz, 

Et  aia  mais  que  Corbarans: 

Ettema  meyns  mort 

Qu'  el  coms  de  Montfort 

Qui  vol  qu'  a  barrey 

Lo  mons  li  sopley. 

35.  A  Sirvente  on  the  Foes  of  Toulouse.  H.L.  de  F. 
XVIII,  554.     1224-1226.     (Number  of  lines  not  ascertained.) 

El  nom  de  dieu  qu '  es  paire  omnipotens 

Fas  sirventes  e  prec  li  qu '  el  m '  ampar 

36.  A  Sirvente  on  Richard  of  Comwall's  Expedition  into 
Angou.  H.L.  de  F.  XX,  598.  c.  1226.  46  11. 

Sendatz  vermelhs,  endis  e  ros, 

37.  A  Sirvente  against  King  Henry.     C.S.  VI,  36.  H.L.  de  F. 

XVIII,  667.  c.  1229.  44  11. 
Ja  no  vuelh  do  ni  esmenda. 

38.  A  Sirvente  against  Henry  III.  of  England  and  James  I. 
of  Aragon.  H.L.  de  F.  XVIII,  666.  c.  1229.  48  11. 

En  talent  ae  q'un  serventes  encoc 

39.  A  Sirvente  on  Three  False  Friends  of  Toulouse. 
H.L.  de  F.  454.  1229.     (Number  of  lines  not  ascertained.) 

The  H.L.  de  F.  notes  as  source  the  *'Ms.  dit  de  Caumont, 
piece  250^'  and  refers  to  no  printed  edition.  '*Un  autre  sir- 
vente parut  dans  la  meme  annee,  [1229]  a  I'occasion  du 
traite  de  paix  signe  a  Paris  le  12  avril,  entre  le  comte  de 
Toulouse  et  le  roi  Louis  IX,  par  lequel  Raymond  VII  fut 
depouille  de  la  plus  grande  partie  de  ses  Etats.  Le  fidele  et 
genereux  poete  (Sordel)  ne  felicite  ni  n 'accuse  Raymond; 
mais  il  attaque  trois  princes  qu'il  ne  nomme  point,  et  entre 
lesquels  sans  donte  est  le  roi  d'Angleterre.  II  leur  reproche 
de  manquer  d'honneur,  de  se  laisser  ravis  leurs  propres 
terres,  au  lieu  de  secourir  leur  allie.*' 

40.  A    "Complaint"  on    the  Death  of  Blacas.    H.L.  de  F. 

XIX,  460.    Date  of  death,  1229.  44  U. 


Hen.  III.]  10  [1216—72 

(This  passage,  wherein  Sordel  recommends  certain  cowards, 
including  the  King  of  England,  to  eat  of  Blacas'  heart  to  be- 
come brave,  is  the  only  allusion  to  England  in  the  poem.) 

Planher  vuelh  Blacatz  EN  aquest  leugier  so, 

Del  rey  engles  me  platz,  quar  es  pauc  coratjos, 

Que  manje  pro  del  cor,  pueys  er  valens  e  bos, 

E  cobrara  la  terra,  per  que  viu  de  pretz  bios, 

Que  1  tol  lo  reys  de  Fransa,  quar  lo  sap  naulhos.    1.20. 

41.  Sirvente  exhorting  Henry  III.  to  regain  his  Heritage. 
H.L.  de  F.  XIX,  485.  Date  not  ascertained.  (Number  of 
lines  not  ascertained.) 

(The  lines  quoted  are  the  only  reference  to  England  in  the 
extracts  in  the  H.  L.  de  F.) 

Era  pueis 

Lo  reis  engles  cug  qu'  a  '1  sanglut,  1.  ? 

Car  tan  lo  ve  hom  estar  mut 

De  demandar  sas  eretatz 

Degra  si  menar  dans  totz  latz 

Coredors  e  cavals  armatz 

Tro  cobres  sas  possessios 

E'  1  flacs  reis  cui  es  Aragos. 

42.  A  Sirvente  calling  together  the  Allies  of  Raymond  VII. 
H.L.  de  F.,  XIX,  489.     1242.  50  11. 

Belh  m'  es  quan  d'  armas  aug  refrim. 

43.  An  Invitation  to  Henry  III.  to  join  St.  Louis'  Crusade. 
:..  de  F.  XIX,    562.    c.    1248.     (Number    of    lines      not 

ascertained. ) 

Si  mos  chanz  fos  de  joi  ni  de  solatz. 

44.  A  Sirvente  against  King  Henry.  C.S.  VI,  39. 
(H.L.  de  F.  XVIII,  669.)     c.  1250.  52  11. 

D'un  sirventes    m'  es  grands  volontatz  preza. 

45.  Two    Sirventes    on    the    Aspirants    to    the    Empire. 
H.L.  de  F.     XIX,  554.  c.  1263.     (Number  of  lines  not  as- 
certained.)     (These  of  course  allude  to  Richard  of  Cornwall. 
Cf.  No.  47.) 

a.  Ar  es  ben  dretz 

b.  Ar  es  dretz  qu  'ieu  chant  e  parlle. 

46.  Song  of  The  Peace  With  England.  C.S.  VI,  p.  63. 
Event,  1264.  88  11. 

Or  vint  la  tens  de  May,  que  ce  ros  parrina. 

47.  Richard  of  Cornwall's  War  to  Secure  the  Empire. 
H.L.  de  F.  XXI,  442.  Event,  1269.  50  11. 

Gens  sine  eapite  mag  keinen  Rath  geschaffen. 
Imperium  vacat  eapite ;  so  handt  kein  Hopt  die  Pf affen. 


Hen.  III.]  11  [1216—72 

E.    WALES. 

(The  Myvyrian  Ar6haiology  of  Wales  contains,  pp.  140- 
282,  an  immense  mass  of  verse  supposed  to  have  been  written 
between  1066  and  1282.  The  following  poems  which  contain 
references  to  England  are  representative  only  of  the  few 
Welsh  poems  that  have  been  translated  and  are  in  no  way  in- 
dicative of  the  great  frequency  of  Welsh  allusions  to  their 
hereditary  enemies.  On  this  point  the  following  letter  is  of 
interest:  ''University  College  of  N.  Wales,  Bangor,  Nov.  9, 
1909.  My  dear  Sir:  The  so-called  'Gogynfeirdd'  or  Semi- 
Primitive  Bards,  who  wrote  from  1066  to  1282  and  whose 
work  is  to  be  found  in  the  Myvyrian  Archaiology,  pp.  140-283, 
of  the  one  volume  or  Denbigh  edition,  are  full  of  political 
allusions.  In  my  forthcoming  History  of  Wales,  I  am  only 
able  to  make  a  slight  use  of  this  very  extensive  material  and 
I  have  a  senior  student  here  who  is  making  the  topic  one  of 
special  study  for  the  M.  A.  degree.  As  to  allusions  to  the 
English,  you  may  take  it  that  they  are  to  be  found  in  almost 
every  poem:  SSaeson'  (i.e.  Saxons),  and  'Eingl'  (Angles) 
are  the  regular  foes  whom  it  is  the  glory  of  every  subject  of 
barbaric  eulogy  to  have  fought  and  overcome.  To  pick  out 
the  allusions  would  be  a  heavy  task  and  scarcely  a  lighter 
would  it  be  to  make  a  list  of  the  poems  containing  them.  Re- 
gretting that  I  cannot  give  you  more  substantial  assistance  I 
am    Yours  faithfully,  John  Edward  Lloyd.") 

48.  Conciliatory  Address  to  Rhys  Gryg.  M.A.  p.  257,  1. 
Lllyma  Kygoryon  Dadolwch.     Ante  1250.  40  11. 

Pa  gessidy  ui  uodrydaf  kreugar. 

49.  XIV  and  XVII  Hoianau.  M.A.  p.  107,  1.  Date  not 
ascertained.  16  11. 
Expulsion  of  Saxons  by  Kynan  and  Cadwaladr. 

(Reference  to  the  longed-for  return  of  the  ancient  national 
heroes  who  were  to  free  Wales  from  the  invaders.) 

a.  Oian    a  parchellan  andaw  de  yn  awr 

b.  Oian  a  pharchellan  neud  blodau  drain 
Hear  0  little  pig!  listen  to  me  now; 

When  the  men  of  Gwynedd  lay  down  their  work, 

There  will  be  a  sharp  conflict — horns  will  be  sounded, 

Armour  will  be  broken  by  sharp  missiles ; 

When  Normans  come  over  the  broad  lake. 

There  will  be  an  opposing  of  armies, 

Britain  will  be  subjected  to  gentle  squires. 

And  there  w^U  be  an  atonement  for  the  faults  of  London. 


Hen.  Ill]  12  [1216-72 

I  will  prophesy  that  two  rightful  princes 

Will  produce  tranquillity  from  Heaven  to  earth, 

Kynan  and  the  especial  Cadwaladr  of  Cambria ; 

Whole  worlds  will  watch  their  counsels, 

Reforming  the  land,  checking  the  flow  of  blood, 

And  abolishing  armies  and  theft; 

And  from  that  time  forth,  we  shall  be  freed  from  all  our 

ills, 
And    from    the    prevalence  of    generosity,    none    shall 

want.     (T.  S.  262.) 

50.  XVIII,  XIX,  and  XX  Hoianau.  M.A.  p.  107,  r. 
Date  not  ascertained.     The  Expulsion  of  the  Saxons.     27  11. 

a.  Oian  a  parchellan  mawr  eryssi 

b.  Oian  a  parchellan  mor  enrhyfedd 

c.  Oian  a  parchellan  andaw  di  yr  eilon. 

51.  XXV  Hoianau.  Date  so  uncertain  that  the  reference 
may  be  to  another  English  king.  Prophecy  alluding  to 
Henry  (III?)     M.A.  p.  108,  1.  8  U. 

Oian  a  pharcellan  a  phorchell  ryni. 

52.  An  Ode  to  Gruffud  ap  Llywelyn.  M.A.  p.  266,  1.  Ante 
1270,  the  date  of  the  author's  death,  (T.  S.)  30  11. 

Arddwyreafy  hael  hwylglod  ellwg 

53.  Englynion  to  Owen  the  Red.  M.A.  p.  266,  1.  Ante  1260. 

32  II. 
Gwynet  kein  reuet  cann  rad  nyth  arllut. 

54.  Against  Owain  ap  Gruffyd's  Imprisonment.  M.A.  p. 
267.    Ante  1280.                                                                    38  II. 

Gwr  yssyt  yn  twr  yn  hirwesti 

55.  An  Ode  to  Llywelyn  ab  lorwerth.  M.A..p.  217,  1.  Ante 
1240,  the  date  of  Llywelyn 's  death.  46  11. 

Gwr  a  wnaeth  llewych    o'r    gorllewin. 

He  who  created  the  glorious  sun,  and  that  cold  pale 
luminary  the  moon,  grant  that  I  attain  the  heights  of  poetry, 
and  be  inspired  with  the  genius  of  Myrddin^ ;  that  I  may  ex- 
tol the  praise  of  heroes,  like  Aneurin,  in  the  day  he  sung  his 
celebrated  Gododin;  that  I  may  set  forth  the  happiness  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Venedotia,  the  noble  and  prosperous  prince 
of  Gwynedd,  the  stay  and  prop  of  his  fair  and  pleasant 
country.  He  is  manly  and  heroic  in  the  battle,  his  fame  over- 
spreadeth  the  country  about  the  mountain  of  Breiddin.^ 


1.  There  were  two  Myrddins,  or  MerUna,  as  they  are  wrongrly 
written  by  the  English,  vli::  Myrddin  Bmrys  and  Myrddin  WyUt; 
the  last  was  a  noted  poet,  and  there  is  a  poem  of  his  extant,  entitled 
Arallennau,  or  the  Appleshire.     (B.  E.) 

2.  Craig?  Brelddin  is  a  high  hill  in  Montgomeryshire.     (B.  E.) 


Hen.  IIL]  13  [1216-72 

Since  God  created  the  first  man,  there  never  was  his 
equal  in  the  front  of  battle.  Llewelyn  the  generous,  of  the 
race  of  princes,  has  struck  terror  and  astonishment  in  the 
heart  of  kings.  When  he  strove  for  superiority  with  Loegria's 
king,  when  he  was  wasting  the  country  of  Erbin,  his  troops 
were  valiant  and  numerous.  Great  was  the  contusion  when 
the  shout  was  given,  his  sword  was  bathed  in  blood;  proud 
were  his  nobles  to  see  his  army ;  when  they  heard  the  clashing 

of  swords,  then  was  felt  the  agony  of  wounds. 

Many  were  the  gashes  in  the  conflict  of  war.  Great  was  the 
confusion  of  the  Saxons  about  the  ditch  of  Knocking.  The 
sword  was  broke  in  the  hand  of  the  warrior.  Heads  were 
covered  with  wounds,  and  the  flood  of  human  gore  gushed  in 
streams  down  the  knees. 

Llewelyn's  empire  is  wide  extended,  he  is  renowned  as  far 
as  Forth  Ysgewin.  Constantine  was  not  his  equal  in  under- 
going hardships.  Had  I  arrived  to  the  height  of  prophecy, 
and  the  great  gift  of  ancient  poesy,  I  could  not  relate  his 
prowess  in  action;  no,  Taliesin  himself  was  unequal  to  the 
task.  Before  he  finishes  his  course  in  this  world,  after  he  has 
lived  a  long  life  on  earth,  ere  he  goes  to  the  deep  and  bone- 
bestrewed  grave,  ere  the  green  herb  grows  over  his  tomb,  may 
He  that  turned  the  water  into  wine,  grant  that  he  may  have 
the  Almighty's  protection,  and  that  for  every  sin,  with  which 
he  hath  been  stained,  he  may  receive  remission.  May 
Llewelyn,  the  noble  and  generous,  never  be  confounded  or 
ashamed  when  he  arrives  at  that  period ;  and  may  he  be  under 
the  protection  of  the  saints."     (E.  E.,  18.) 

56.  To  Llewelyn  The  Great.  M.A.  p.  225,  r.  Ante  1240.  (See 
No.  55.)  141  11. 

Kynarch  om  naf  om  neuawl  Arglwyt. 

57.  Y  Canu  Bychan  (The  Little  Song),  Minor  Ode  to 
Llewelyn  vab  Yoreurth.  M.A.   p.  214,  r.  Ante  1240.       60  11. 

Cyuarchaf  ym  ren  cyuarchuawr  awen 

58.  To  Llywelyn  ap  loruerth.  M.A.  p.  210,  r.  Ante 
1240.  206  11. 

Crist  creawdyr  llywyawdyr  Uu  daear 

59.  The  Contention  with  the  Poetasters.  M.A.  p.  258,  r. 
Ante  1250.  42  11. 

Arglwydd  nef  a  llawr  mawr  a  ryved 
Only  one  line  in  the  poem  refers  to  England.  The  pasasge 
in  the  translation  containing  it  (T.S.,  p.  169)  follows: 
Llywelyn,  the  glorious  long  sworded  lion  of  war, 
Whose  fame  is  known  in  distant  parts, 


Hen.  Ill]  14  [1216-72 

Will  not  give  false  judgment ;  he  will  speak  firmly, 
He  is  one  whose  name  will  be  popularly   known, 
One  who  owns  the  taxes  of  the  port  of  London, 
The  worthless  land  of  Britain  and  its  residences,  .... 

60.  An    Ode    to    Llywelyn    ap    Grufudd.    M.A.  p .  239,  1. 
c.    1270.     (T.S.)  156  IL 

Kynarchaf  y  dduw  dawn  ornolet 

61.  To  Llewelyn  ap  Grufudd.  M.A.    p.  223,  r.     Ante  1240. 
(T.S.)  (?)  136  IL 

Traethws  fy  nhafawd 

62.  The     Song    of    the    Welsh.     C.  S.  p.    56.     Date     un- 
known. 48  11. 

Trucidare  Saxones  soliti  Cambrenses. 

F.    IRELAND. 

63.  The  Exiled  Head.     B.    I,  207.     Event,  1260.        280  11. 
Death  of  my  heart !     Is  the  head  of  Brian 

64.  On  Erecting  the  Walls  of  New  Ross.     A.  XXII,  307. 
Event,  1265.  219  IL 

G.     SCOTLAND. 

65.  Sixteen  poems  on  King  Hacon's  Raid.  R.S.  LXXXVIII, 
II,  333-350.  1263. 

15  poems  of  8  11.  each  plus  1  poem  of  16  11. =136  11. 

Leysti  lang-rastar 

With  well-walled  hulls.     (LXXXVIII,  IV,  345-363) 

H.    ELEGIAC  POEMS. 

66.  On  Simon  de  Montfort,  Sr.    R.S.     XIII,  130.     Date  of 
death,  1217.  2  11. 

Dantur  iidem  fato,  casuque  eadunt  iterato, 
Simone  Sublato,  Mars,  Parisque,  Cato. 

67.  On  William  Marshal,    Third  Earl  of  Pembroke.     R.S. 
XIII,  130.      Date  of  death,  1218.  2  11. 

Sum  quem  Saturnum  sibi  sensit  Hybernia;  Solem 
Anglia;  Mercurium  Normannia;  Gallia  Martem. 

68.  On  William  de  Longespee,  Third  Earl  of  Salisbury.R.S. 
LVIII,  III,  105.     Date  of  death,  1226.  2  11. 

Flos  comitum,  Willelmus  obit,  stirps  regia,  longus 
Ensis  vaginam  caepit  habere  brevem. 

69.  On  Stephen  Langton.     R.S.     XXXVI,  II,  304.     Date  of 
death,  1227.  4  IL 

Praesul  virtutis  Stephanus  documenta  salutis 
Vivens  multa  dedit,  moriens  a  morte  recedit. 


J 


Hen.  Ill]  15  [1216—72 

Forma  gregis  clerique  decus,  vitae  speculator 
Et  speculum,  Christique  fuit  devotus  amator. 

70.  On  William  Marshal,  Fourth  Earl  of  Pembroke,  R.S. 
XXXVI,  II,  309.     Date  of  death,  1231.  2  11. 

Militis  istius  mortem  dolet  Anglia;  ridet 
Wallia,  viventis  bella  minasque  timens. 

71.  On  Richard  Marshal,  R.S.  XXXVI,  II,  315.  Date  of 
death,  1234.  8  11. 
These  verses  follow  a  detailed  and  eulogistic  account  of  Rich- 
ard Marshall's  last  days  and  death  and  Henry  III.'s  conse- 
quent sorrow.  There  is  no  allusion  to  them  in  the  prose  text 
of  the  Annales  de  Waverleia, 

Livor  edax,  morum  subversio,  fax  vitiorum 
Vitricus  Anglorum,  rapuit  solamen  eorum. 
Principis  absque  pare,  gens  livida  mentis  avarae 
Praesumpsit  clarae  decus  indolis  anticipare. 
Anglia,  plange  Marescallum,  plangens  lachrymare. 
Causa  subest,  quare ;  quia  pro  te  planxit  amare. 
Virtus  militae,  patriae  protectio,  gentis 
Fraude  ruit  propriae.     Misere  Deus  morientis.     Amen. 

72.  On  Edmund,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  R.S.  XXXVI, 
II,  327.     Date  of  death,  1240.  .  3  11. 

Beatus  Aedmundus  archiepiscopus  Cantuariae,  plenus 
virtutibus  et  sanctitate,  migravit  ab  hoc  saeculo,  xvi.  kal.  De- 
cembris,  et  apud  Pontiniacum  sepultus  est.  Cujus  merita 
miracula  testantur. 

Hie  erat  Edmundus  anima  cum  corpore  mundus, 
Quem  non  immundus  poterat  pervertere  mundus 
Anglorum  genti  faveas,  Edmunde,  petenti. 

73.  On  the  Murder  of  Henry  of  Almaine  by  Simon  and 
Guy  de  Montf ort.  R.S.  XCIV,  III,  22.     Event,  1270.     12  11. 

Regis  Teutonici  Ricardi  clara  propago 

74.  On  Henry  III.   F.  p.  369.     Date  of  death,  1272.         3  11. 
Tertius  Henricus  iacet  hie,  pietatis  amicus : 
Ecclesiam  strauit  istam  quam  post  renouauit. 

Reddat  ei  munus  qui  regnat  trinus  et  unus. 

7.     POEMS  ON  MISCELLANEOUS  SUBJECTS. 

75.  Song  upon  the  Tailors.    C.S.  VI.,  51.    Date  uncertain. 

90  11. 
Ego  dixi,  dii  estis ; 

76.  A  Song  on  the  Times.  C.S.  VI.,  46.  Date  uncer- 
tain. 88  11. 

Mundi  libet  vitia  cunctis  exarare ; 


Hen.  III.]  16  [1216—72 

77.  Song  on  the  Corruptions  of  the  Times.  C.S.  VI,  p.  17. 
Date  not  ascertained.  160  11. 

Quami  sit  lata  seelenim  et  quam  longa  tela. 

78.  Epigram  on  Richard,  Earl  of  Cornwall.     H.P.  in  C.S. 
XV,  112,  n.    c.   1258.     (H.P.)  2  11. 

The  high  price  of  provisions,  however,  according  to 
Matthew  Paris,  was  not  so  much  owing  to  scarcity,  as  to  the 
immense  sums  of  money  that  the  Earl  of  Cornwall  had  taken 
out  of  the  country;  Paris,  p.  958,  [Wats  ed.  (?);  but  see 
Chronica  Majora,  U.S.  LVII.,  673  and  710.]  and  Tyrrell,  ii, 
(977.)  This  Earl's  immense  riches  caused  the  following 
epigram : 

"Nummus  ait,  pro  me 

Nubit  Cornubiae  Romae." 

79.  On  the  King's  Changing  his  Seal.  R.S.  XIII,  219. 
Event,  1259.  4  11. 

The  preceding  paragraph  in  the  Chronica  Johannis  de 
Oxendes  tells  how  Henry  III  resigned  most  of  the  English 
continental  possessions,  except  Aquitaine,  to  France. 
Then  follows,  apparently  without  connection,  this  para- 
graph :  Eodem  tempore  rex  Anglise  mutavit  sigillum  suum ; 
pro  gladio  sceptrum.    Unde  quidam  sic. 

Est  M.c.bis.  1.  ix.  utinam  concordia  felix 
Andegavis,  Pictavis,  Neustria  de  gente  relicta 
Anglorum  cedunt  tibi  France,  sigilla  mutantur, 
Nomina  toUuntur,  fugit  ensis,  sceptra  geruntur. 

80.  On  the  Taking  of  Damietta.    R.S.  XXXVI,  I.  64. 
Event,  1218.  2  11. 

Vicesima  ecclesiarum  de  tribus  annis  praecedentibus 
datur  in  succursum  Terrae  Sanctae  capta  est  civitas 
Damietae  a  Christianis,  nonis  Novembris,  non  virtute  homi- 
num,  sed  sola  potentia  Dei : 

Anno  sub  nono  decimo  et  mille  ducentis 
Capta  est  Celebris  nonis  Damieta  Decembris. 

81.  The  Jew  of  Tewkesbury.    R.S.  XLI,  VIII,  246. 
Event,  1259.  4  11. 

Circa  illud  tempus  apud  Teoksbury  quidam  Judseus  per 
diem  Sabbati  cecidit  in  latrinam,  nee  permisit  se  extrahi  ob 
reverentiam  sui  Sabbati,  Sed  Rieardus  de  Clara  comes  Glov- 
erniae  non  permisit  eum  extrahi  die  Dominica  ob  reveren- 
tiam sui  Sabbati  et  sic  mortuus  est. 

a.     Dum  Purgat  ventrem  Salmon  Judaeus  olentem, 
In  foveam  cecidit;  *'Hodie  non  abstrar,"  inquit. 


Hen.  III.]  17  [1216—72 

Refertur  comiti :  comes  subridit  et  inquit, 
**Sabbata  nostra  quid  em  Salmon  servabit  ibidem." 

b.  Variant  of  above.  R.S.  XLI,  VIII,  246,  note  9.  2  11. 
De  cujus  obitu  quidam  metricus  sic  cecinit : 

Sabbata  sancta  colo,  de  stecore  surgere  nolo ; 

Sabbata  nostra  quidem  dum  sunt  remanebis  ibidem." 

82.  On  the  Murder  of  Hugh  of  Lincoln.  H.P.,  H.   of  L. 
No.  1.     Event,  1255.     (Halli  well-Phillips)  368  11. 

Ore  vez  un  bel  chancon 

83.  Characteristics  of  Different  Nations.  R.A.  I,  5.  Date  not 
given.  9  11. 

Italici  quae  non  sacra  sunt  et  quae  sacra  vendunt; 
Allobrogas  de  perfidia  cuncti  reprehendunt ; 
Teuthonici  vix  Catholici,  nullius  amici ; 
Gens,  tibi,  Flandrena,  cibus  est  et  potus  avena; 
Gens  Normannigena  fragili  nutritur  avena; 
Subdola,  ventosa,  mendax,  levis,  invidiosa; 
Vincere  mos  est  Francigenis,  nee  sponte  nocere ; 
Prodere  dos  Normannigenis  belloque  pavere; 
Alvernus  cantat,  Brito  notat,  Anglia  potat. 

84.  The  Coming  of  Antichrist.  R.S.  LVII,  VI,  80. 
Events,  1242.  3  11. 

After  an  account  of  the  ravages  by  the  Tartars  invading 
Hungary  in  1242  the  Chronica  Major  a  of  Matthew  Paris  adds 
this  paragraph:  His  quoque  temporibus  propter  terribiles 
rumores  hujusmodi  celebriter  hi  versus,  Antichristi  adventum 
nuntiantes,  recitabantur : 

"Cum  fuerint  anni  transacti  mille  ducenti, 
Et  quinquaginta,  post  partum  Virginis  Almae, 
Tunc  Antichrist  nascetur  daemone  plenus." 

85.  On  The  Repentant  Horse  Thieves.  R.S.  XCVI,  II,    362 
Event,  1267.  5  11. 

Anno  Domini  mcclxvij.  tempore  discordiae  inter 
regem  Henricum  et  barones  Anglise,  licet  in  conspectu  baron- 
um  pretiosa  valde  fuerat  libertas  Sancti  Edmundi,  quidam 
tamen  ribaldi,  de  munitione  Eliensi  egredientes,  equos  quorun- 
dam  virorum  qui  in  secretioribus  locis  curiae  beati  martyris 
Edmundi  occultabantur  per  medium  infirmariae  deducentes 
in  insulam  Eliensem  secum  duxerunt.  Quos  cum  quidam 
monachus  ejusdem  loci  insequeretur,  magnatibus  insulanis 
rem  gestam  luculenter  exposuit;  tandem,  dictis  insulanis 
sententiantibus,  dicti  ribaldi  dolentes  et  poenitentes  cum 
dictis  equis  arbitrio  dicti  monachi  committebantur.  Quos 
videlicet  equos,  cum  ad  altare  Sancti  Edmundi  devotissime 


Hen.  III.]  18  [1216—72 

reduxissent,  in  signum  prsesiimptionis  gladios  suos,  [quoa] 
irreverenter  contra  Sancti  Edmundi  libertatem  erexerant, 
veniam  petentes  feretro  martyris  optulerunt.  Istud  miracu- 
lum  sculptum  est  in  choro  cum  aliis  miraculis  juxta  sedem 
abbatis,  cum  his  versibus: 

Hie  rapiuntur  equi  de  fundo  martyris  aequi; 

Clamiant  raptores,  f aciunt  patiendo  dolores ; 

Post  veniunt  flentes,  enses  offere  volentes, 

Abbatem  quaerunt,  contritti  corde  fuerunt  ; 

Hos  absolvebat  humiles  quos  esse  videbat. 

86.  De  Translatione    Veteris    Ecclesiae    Saresberiensis    et 
Constructione  Novae.     R.S.  LVH,  III,  189.     Event,  1237. 

Number  of  lines  not  ascertained. 

(The  complete  poem  is  inaccesible  to  me;  many  chroni- 
cles quote  this  couplet) : 

-^ ^ 1.  1 

Kex  igitur  det  opes,  praesul  det  opem,  lapicidae      1.  205. 
Dent  operum ;  tribus  his  est  opus,  ut  stet  opus. 

87.  Dialogue  Between  Henry  de  Lacy  and  Walter  Bibles- 
worth  on  The  Crusade.  R.A.,  I,  134. 

Event,  1270.  72  U. 
Sire  Gautier,  dire  viis  voil 

88.  On    the    Length    of    Henry  HI's    Reign.    A.L.,  243. 
C.  1272.  4  11. 

Septuaginta  duo  fuerant  et  mille  ducenti, 
Quando  vir  hie  obiit,  post  partum  Virginis  anni; 
Per  quinquaginta  sex  annos  atque  diebus 
Bis  decies  regnum  rexerat  iste  suum. 

89.  Satire  on  the  Ladies.    R.A.  I,  162. 

Date  not  given.  62  11. 

Ici  commence  la  jeste  des  dames. 
Quel  diroms  des  dames  kaunt  vienent  a  festes,  1.  1 

90.  Satire  on  the  Blacksmiths.   R.A.,  I,  240. 

Date  not  given.  22  IL 

Swarte  smekyd  smethes  smateryd  with  smoke 


EDWARD  I. 


A.    ENGLAND 

91.  Song  on  the  Venality  of  the  Judges.     C.S.  VI,  224. 
Date,  not  certainly  known.  144  11. 

Beati  qui  esuriunt. 

92.  A  Satyre  on  the  Consistory  Courts.     C.S.  VI,  p.  155. 
Date,  not  certainly  known.  90  U. 

Ne  mai  no  lewed  lued  libben  in  londe. 

93.  A  Song  on  the  Times.     C.S.    VI,  195.     Date,  not  cer- 
tainly known.  198  11. 

Whose  thenchith  up  this  earful  lif . 

94.  Song     against     the     King's     Taxes.     C.S.     VI,     182. 
1297+ (?)  8511. 

Dieu,  roy  de  mageste,  ob  personas  trinas, 

95.  Song  of  the  Husbandman.     C.S.  VI,  p.  149.     1297  or 
later.    (T.W.)  (?)  72  U. 

Ich  herde  men  upo  mold  make  muche  mon. 

96.  The    Outlaw's    Song  of    Traillebaston.     C.S.  VI,  231. 
Date,  not  certainly  known.  98  11. 

Talent  me  prent  de  rymer  e  de  geste  fere. 

97.  On  the  Destruction  of  False  Money.     R.S.  XCV,  III, 
106.     Decreed  December  26,  1298.  2  11. 

Anno    Mccxcix'.  celeb ravit    rex    Nativitatem    Domini 
Westmonasterii    qui    videns     Angliam    plurimum    corrumpi 
falsa  moneta  quse  crokard  et  pollard  dicebatur,  in  die  sancti 
Stephani    pro      perpetuo    deleri    prsecepit.     Hinc    quidam 
lathomi  filius,  opera  patris  sui  considerans,  metrice  scripsit. 
Laude  decoreris  noster  starlinge  gereris, 
Crokar  es,  aesque  peris,  fugias  as  rite  teneris. 

B.    FRANCE. 

98.  A  Poem  on  the  Loss  of  Gascony.  R.S.  XII,   II,   I,   164. 
c.  1293,  from  its  place  in  the  Chronicle.  68  11. 

Satis  novit  saeculum 
De  lingua  Gallorum 

99.  On  the  Execution  of  Thomas  Turbeville,  a  Traitor.  R.S. 
XCV,  III,  282.    Event,  Oct  8, 1295.  8  U. 

The  Flores  Historiarum  devotes  over  a  page  to  Turbe- 
Tille'a  treason,  trial  and  execution.    The   account   conclude* 


Edw.  I.]  20  [1272—1307 

thus:  Bacillis  corum  fuscinulisque  illusus,  sic  patibulo  est 
affixus,  ut  sepulturam  secundum  comitum  jussa  non  reciperet 
corpus  ejus,  ita  ut  praetereuntes  dicerent,  ' '  Hiccine  est 
Thomas  Turbevile?''  Cui  quidam  versificator  epitaphium 
scripsit  hoc  modo: 

Turbat  tranquilla  clam  Thomam  Turbida  villa, 
Qui  quasi  scintilla  fuit,  accidit  ecce  favilla. 
Cum  Sathanae  turbis  est  vici,  scopa  fit  urbis, 
Stratus  pelle  bovis,  frustratur  Gallica  quo  vis. 
Terram  turbavit  Thomas,  haec  hunc  cruciavit. 
Hinc  cum  se  stravit  quern  bis,  ter,  equus  laceravit, 
Achitophel  perit,  aspera  David  modo  quaerit, 
Thomam  pependdt,  Anglos  dum  munere  vendit. 

C.     WALES 

100.  Rival  Elegies  on  Llywelyn.  R.S.  XLI,  VIII,  267.  Date 
of  death,  1282.  4+4=8  11. 

(In  many  chronicles,  sometimes  separately.) 
And  after  that,  abowte  the  f este  of  seynte  Lucy,  the  Ledde 
of  Lewelyne  was  sende  to  kynge  Edwarde,  and  after  to  Lon- 
don. And  David,  brother  to  the  said  Lewelyn,  mover  and 
causer  of  that  tribulacion,  was  taken  soone  after,  and  was 
condempnede  at  the  grete  parliamente  at  Schrobbesbery, 
drawen  with  horses  firste,  and  hongede  afterwarde,  and  after 
that  his  body  divided  into  iiij.  partes,  and  sende  to  diverse 
places  of  Ynglonde.  Too  religious  men,  oon  of  Ynglonde, 
an  other  of  Wales,  made  versus  of  the  seide  Lewelyn,  prynce 
of  Wales.  The  religious  man  of  Wales  did  wryte  of  hym  in 
this  wyse : 

[a.]  **Hic  jacet  Anglorum  tortor,  tutor  Venedorum, 
Princeps  Wallorum  Lewelinus,  regula  morum, 
Gemma  coevorum,  flos  regum  preteritorum, 
Forma  f  uturorum ;  dux,  laus,  lex,  lux  populorum.  *  * 
The  Ynglische  man  did  wryte  in  this  wyse: 

[b.]  '*Hic  jacet  errorum  princeps  et  predo  virorum, 
Proditor  Anglorum,  fax  livida,  secta  reoram, 
Numen  Wallorum,  trux  dux,  homicida  piorum, 
Fex  Trojanorum,  stirps  mendax,  causa  malorum.'' 

D.     SCOTLAND. 

101.  A  Jeer  at  the  Scots.  C.S.  VI,  391.  Date  uncertain.  3  11 
Tprut!  Skot  riveling, 

In  unseli  timing 


Edw.  I.]  21  [1272—1307 

crope  thu  out  of  cage. 

102.  Scotch  Rime  on  Edw.  I.  T.  Ws  L.&S.  261. 
c.  1296,  as  it  refers  to  the  siege  of  Berwick.  5  11. 

What  wenys  king  Edward  with  his  long  shankes 
To  have  wonne  Berwike,  all  our  unthankes. 
Gaas  pykes  hym, 
And  when  he  hath  it 
Gaas  dykes  hym. 

103.  Scotch  Satire   adapted  after   the   Taking   of   Berwick. 
T.  W.  ed.  R.S.  XLVII,  II,  234.     c.  1296.  18  11. 

Pierre  de  Langtoft  describes  the  taking  of  Berwick  in 
some  detail.     His  account  of  the  siege  concludes  thus : 
Li  rays  Eduuard  la  teent  conquis  par  espe, 
[Le  fet  environer  de  fosse  large  e  lee.] 
En  reprovaunt  le  Escot,  ke  ad  de  ly  chaunte, 
Et  par  mokerye  en  Englays  rymeye : 
Pykit  him. 
An  diket  hym. 

On  scoren  sayd  he ; 
He  dikes,  he  pikes. 
On  lenche  als  hym  likes, 
Hu  best  may  be. 

104.  Song  of  BallioPs  Men  before  Dunbar.    T.  W.  ed.  R.S. 
XLVII,  II,  244.     Event,  1296.  18  11. 

De  nos  enemys, 
Kant  serount  pris, 
^lercy  nul  en  ait. 

105.  Song  in  Mockery  of  the  Scots  after  Dunbar.     T.  W.  ed. 
R.S.  XLVII,  II.  248.    c.  1296.  12  U. 

The  fote  folk 

Put  the  Scottes  in  the  polk 

And  nackened  thair  nages. 

106.  Rejoicing  over  Scots  after  Dunbar.     T.W.  ed.  R.S. 
XLVII,  II,  252.    c.  1296.  6  U. 

For  Scottes, 
Telle  i  for  sottes. 

And  wrecches  unwar; 
Unsele 
Dintes  to  dele 

Tham  drohu  to  Dumbar. 

107.  Exhortation  to  Edw.  I  to  do  strict  Justice  on  the  Scotch 
Prisoners.    T.  W.  ed.  R.S.  XLVII,  II,  254.   c.  1296.         54  11. 

Calays,  Yrays, 
A  nos  Englays 


Edw.  I]  22  [1272—1307 

Aident  durement; 

108.  Satirical  Verses  on  the  Scotch  after  Edw.'s  First  Con- 
quest.   T.  W.  ed.  E.S.  XLVII,  II,  260.    Event,  1296.        4211. 

Les  XII  peres 
S'e(n)vount  a  freres, 
Pur  els  confesser; 

109.  On  Edward's  Victories  thruout  the  British  Isles. 
T.  W.  ed.  R.S.  XLVII,  II,  266  c.  1296,  from  its  connection 
with  the  preceding.  36  11. 

Ses  enemys, 
Deus  Mercys ! 
Sunt  chastiez; 

110.  Ten  Latin  Prophecies  to  terpify  the  Scots.  T.  W.  ed. 
E.  S.  XLVII,  II,  448.  Dates  uncertain.  85  11. 
(These  poems,  like  those  on  the  death  of  Richard  I,  occur 
elsewhere  separately.     Cf.  j  with  No.  115). 

a.  Regnum  Scotorum  fuit  inter  caetera  regna    (12  11.) 

b.  Principe  magnifico  tellus  viduata  vacabit 

Annis  bis  trinis  mensibus  atque  novem.  (2  11.) 

c.  Antiques  reges,  justos,  largos,  locupletes,  (5  11.) 

d.  Pro  dolor!  Albania  fraude  subacta  sua.  (1  1.) 

e.  Quod  respirabit  post  funus  regis  avari.  (11.) 

f.  Cum  fuerint  anni  completi  mille  ducenti  (7  11.) 

g.  Rex  borialis  erit  numerosa  classe  potitus, 
Affligens  Scotos  ense,  furore,  fame.  (2  11.) 

h.     Extra  gens  tandem  Scotorum  fraude  peribit, 
In  bello  princeps  notus  ipse  vel  ense  cadet, 
Gallicia  quem  genuit,  qui  gazis  regna  replebit, 
Proh  dolor!  o  gemitus!  fratris  ab  ense  cadet.  (4  11.) 

i.     Candidus  Albanus,  patriotis  causa  ruinae,       (21  11.) 

j.   (Versus  de  Prophetiis  Merlini.) 

Ecce  dies  veniunt,  Scoti  sine  principe  fiunt,  (30  11.) 

111.  Allegorical  Prophecy  on  the  Scotch  Wars.  T.  W.  ed. 
R.S.  XLVII,  II,  452.     Date  uncertain.  128  11. 

Als  y  yod  on  ay  Mounday  bytwene  Wyltinden  and  Walle, 

112.  Fragment  on  the  Capture  of  Dunbar.  T.  W.  ed.  R.S. 
XLVII,  II,  X.     Date  uncertain.  9  H. 

For  thar  wer  thai  brend, 

He  kauged  ham  thidre  kend. 

Ant  dreved  to  dote. 

113.  On  the  Welsh  at  Falkirk.  R.S.  CXIV,  187.  Event 
July  22,  1298.  2  11. 

Rex  Edwarde,  fidem  si  des  Wallensibus,  erras, 
Ut  dederas  pridem ;  sed  eorum  diripe  terras. 


Edw.  I.]  23  [1272—1307 

114.  Song  on  the  Scottish  Wars.  C.S.  VI,  160.  After 
Falkirk,  1298.  268  11. 

Ludere  volentibus  ludens  paro  lyram; 

115.  On  the  Deposition  of  Balliol.  C.S.  VI,  180.  After 
Balliol's  retreat  to  Normandy,  1299.  30  11. 
(Same  as  No.  llOj.) 

Ecee  dies  venient  Scoti  sine  principe  fiunt; 

116.  The  Roll  of  Caerlaverock.     R.  of  C.  ed.  T.  W. 

Event,  1300.  958  11. 

(The  arms  of  the  nobles  assembled  by  Edw.  I.  to  invade  Scot- 
land.) 

En  cronicles  de  granz  moustiers 

117.  On  the  Murder  of  John  Comyn  by  Robert  Bruce.  R.S. 
XCV,  III,  323.     Event,  February  10,  1305.  3  11. 

Ecclesiae  navis  titubat,  regni  quia  clavis 
Errat ;  rex.  Papa,  f acti  sunt  unica  capa ; 
Haec  faciunt  do  des,  Pilatus  hie,  alter  Herodes. 

118.  On  the  Execution  of  William  Wallace.  T.  W.  ed.  R.S. 
XLVII,  II,  364.     Event,  Aug.  23,  1305.  12  U. 

Pierre  de  Langtoft  gives  some  details  of  Wallace's  cap- 
ture and  execution.    His  account  ends: 

Cope  li  fust  le  cors  en  quatre  porciouns ; 
Chescun  pende  par  say,  en  memor  de  ses  nouns, 
En  lu  de  sa  banere  eels  sunt  ces  gunfanouns. 
Pur  finer  sa  geste 
A  Loundres  est  sa  teste, 

Du  cors  est  fet  partye 
En  iiij.  bones  viles, 
Dount  honurer  les  ylles 

Ke  sunt  en  Albanye. 
And  tus  may  you  here 
A  ladde  to  lere 

To  bigken  in  pais ; 
It  f  alles  in  his  eghe 
That  hackes  ovre  heghe, 
Wit  at  Walays. 

119.  Song  on  the  Execution  of  Sir  Simon  Fraser.  C.S.  VI, 
212.     Nov.  7,  1306.  272  11. 

Lystneth,  lordyng'es,  a  newe  song  ichulle  bigynne, 

120.  On  the  Conquest  of  Scotland.  R.S.  CXIV,  408. 
Date  uncertain.  12  11. 

The  Annales  Angliae  et  Scotiae  concludes  with  the  year 
1300,  just  as  Edward  I,  enraged  at  the  loss  of  Stirling,  vowed 
to  be  revenged  on  the  Scots.    lUo  eodem  tempore,  Dominus 


Edw.  I.]  24  [1272—1307 

Eex  legates,  cum  epistolis,  misit  Romae. 

Explicit  Epistola  directa  Domino  Papae  per  Regem 
Angliae.  De  ista  materia  Chronigraphus,  metrice  scribens, 
breviter  sic  ait. 

Edwardus  Rex  Anglus  Scotos  expugnavit, 

Eorum  hostiliter  vires  enervavit, 

WaUiam  que  Scotiam  sibi  subjugavit. 

Willelmus  Wales,  dux  Scotorum^  latitavit. 

Tandem  captus  vinclis  strictis  mancipatur, 

Et  ductus  Londonias,  ibi  judicatur; 

Tractus  que  suspensus  est,  tandem  decoUatur: 

Qui  primo  risit,  post  haec  merito  lecrymatur. 

Talis  in  memoria  Rex  sit  sempiterna. 

Qui  rebelles  subditos  compulit  aeterna 

Sua  mala  plangere,  novaque  moderna; 

In  coUis  anima  requiescat  pace  superna. 

E.  ELEGIAC  POEMS. 

121.  Elegy  on  Walter  de  Merten,  Bishop  of  Rochester.  R.S. 
XXXVI,  IV,  275.     Date  of  death,  Oct.  27,  1277.  10  11. 

The  Annales  de  Oseneia,  under  1277,  says :  Eodem  anno 
in  vigilia  Apostolorum  Simonis  et  Judae  [Oct.  27]  obiit 
dominus  Walterus  de  Mertone,  episcopus  Roffensis,  de  cujus 
moribus  quidam  versificator  dixit  : 

*^Praesul  Walterus  Roffensis  pontificali 
Culmine  sincerus,  virtute  micans  speciali, 
Qui  de  Mertona  vulgari  more  vocatus, 
Cujus  fama  bona,  gestus  super  omnia  gratus, 
Fidus  in  alloquio,  Justus,  sermone  modestus, 
Cautus  consilio,  castus,  socialis,  honestus, 
Dilexit  clerum,  gratis  tribuens  alimentum. 
Pro  quo  Walterum  benedicit  turma  studentum ; 
Oxoniae  studium  per  eum  quasi  plantula  vernat. 
Conferat  auxilium  sibi  Rex  qui  cuncta  gubernat.'' 

122.  On  the  Death  of  Prince  Alfonso.     R.S.  CXIV.,  481. 
Date  of  death,  1258.  5  11. 

Alfundi  vitam  planget  gens  tota  sopitam; 
Anglicus,  Hispanus,  flos  qui  fuit,  est  nK)do  vanus. 
Spes  populi,  regnique  decus,  clerique  levamen, 
De  medio  rapuit,  heu !  miseranda  caedes. 
Flos  juvenum,  spes  militum,  patrisque  solamen. 

123.  Verses  on  Tomb   of  Edward  I.     F.  405.     Date     of 
death,  1307.  24  11. 

Mors  est  mesta  nimis,  magnos  quia  iugit  in  imis. 


Edw.  I.]  25  [1272--1307 

124.  Elegiac  Couplet  on  Edward  I.    R.S.  XCII,  10.    (Quot. 
from  Fabyan.)     Date  of  death,  1307.  2  II. 

Dum  viuit  rex,  et  valuit  sua  magna  potestas, 
Fras,  latuit,  pax  magna  fuit,  regnauit  honestas. 

125.  Lament  on  the  Death  of  Edward  I.     C.S.  VI,  241. 
Date  of  death,  1307.  82  11. 

Seigniurs,  orez,  pur  Dieu  le  grant, 

126.  Elegy  on  the  Death  of  Edward  I.    C.S.  VI,  246.    Date 
of  death,  July  7,  1307.  91  11. 

Alle  that  beoth  of  huerte  trewe, 

F.  ON  THE  CONTINENT  (excluding  France) 

127.  Song    on    the    Flemish    Insurrection.    C.S.    VI,    187. 
c.  1302-7.     (T.W.)  136  11. 

Lustneth,  lordinges,  bothe  yonge  ant  olde, 

Of  the  Freynsshe-men  that  were  so  proude  ant  bolde, 

G.  POEMS  ON  MISCELLANEOUS  SUBJECTS 

128.  The  Praise   of  the  Young  Edward.     C.S.     VI,   128. 
c.    1272.     (T.W.)  82  11. 

Eaduuardi  regis  Anglorum  me  pepulere 

129.  A  Song  of  the  Times.     C.S.  VI,  133.     ''Soon  after  his 
accession."  (T.W.)    (?)  32  11. 

Vulneratur  karitas,  amor  aegrotatur;     (or) 
Amur  gist  en  maladie,  charite  est  nafri, 

130.  Political   Scraps,   on   the   Degeneracy  of  the   Present 
Time.     R.A.   II,  121.     Date  uncertain.  4+4=8  11. 

a.  Men  hem  bimenis  of  litel  trewthe. 
It  is  ded  and  that  is  rewthe ; 
Lesing  livet  and  is  above. 

And  now  is  biried  trewthe  and  love! 

b.  Now  goot  falshed  in  evri  flok. 
And  trewthe  is  sperd  under  a  lok: 
Now  no  man  may  comen  therto. 
But  yef  he  singge  si  dedero. 

131.  To  John  de  Kirkeby.     Chancellor   (and  Bp.  of  Ely) 
R.S.  XVI,  167.     Date  not  ascertained.  6  11. 

Non  est  inventus  similis  tibi  Kirkebyensis, 

132.  On  a  Franciscan,  killed  for  betraying  a  Confession. 
R.S.  XXXVI,  IV,  513.  Event,  1293.  2  11. 

Mos  hujus  terrae  non  est  confessa  referre; 

Funus  Walteri  super  hoc  vult  testis  haberi, 
qui   existens  lector  fratrum  Minorum  Herefordiae,   cujus- 
dam  viri  confessionem  audivit  et  eam  detexit.     Unde  postea 
confitens  erubuit,  et  in  ira  f ratrem  ilium  cum  secure  in  capite 


Bdw.  I.]  26  [1272-1307 

percussit,  et  ei  imposuit  silentium  sempiternum. 
133     A  Song  against  the  Retinues  of  the  Great  People.    C.S. 
VI,  237.    1300-1325.     (T.W.)(?)  SOU. 

Of  ribaudz  y  ryme 

134.  Against   the   Pride   of    the    Ladies.     C.S.    IV,     153. 
1250-1300.  35  11. 

Lord  that  lenest  us  lyf ,  ant  lokest  uch  an  lede, 

135.  On  the  Great  Wind  of  1299.  R.S.  XXXVI,  IV,  543. 
Event,  1299.  ^  5  11. 

Ventus  ut  insanus  perflavit  meridianus 
Quercus  prostravit,  aedes  magnas  violavit, 
Radices  flamen  conf regerat  ut  leve  stramen, 
Sunt  exstirpata  vento  pomeria  lata, 
Ferro  firmata  sunt  campanaria  strata. 

136.  Song  against  the   Scholastic   Studies.     C.S.  VI,   206. 
Date  uncertain.  84  11. 

Meum  est  propositum  gentis  imperitae 

137.  The  Song  of  Nego.  C.S.  VI,  210.  Date  uncertain.    24  11. 
Hit  nis  hot  trewth,  I  wend,  an  afte 

138.  Sir  Pride  the  Emperor. .  R'A.  II,  248.  —early  in  the 
XIV  century  (W.  &  H.)  (?)  311  11. 

Sire  Orguylle  ly  emperour 
Enveyt  ses  lettris  par  cy  entour, 

Escotez,  seyngnours,  un  tretiz  1.  1 

De  moun  sir  Orguyl  ly  positifs, 

H.    IRELAND. 

139.  On  a  Riot  between  Irish  and  English  Friars  at  Cork. 
R.S.  XXXVI,  IV,  506.    c.  1291,  by  its  place  in  the  Chronicle. 

2  11. 

Quarto  idus  Junii  in  Hybernia  apud  Core,  fratrum 
Minorum  fuit  capitulum  generale;  ubi  fratres  Hybernenses 
venerunt  armati  cum  quadam  bulla;  pro  qua  orta  conten- 
tione  contra  Anglicos  pugnaverunt,  et  multis  mortuis  et  vul- 
neratis  hinc  inde,  Anglici  tandem  urbis  auxilio  cum 
ordinis  scandalo  superabant. 

Bullae  papales  sunt  fratribus  exitiales ; 

Qui  quondam  mites,  faciunt  nunc  praelia,  lites. 

140.  A  Satire  on  the  People  of  Kildare.  (*'0f  Men  Lif  That 
Wonith  in  Lond.")  R.A.  II,  174,   c.  1300.  (T.  W.)         120  11. 

Hail  seint  Michael  with  e  lange  sper! 

141.  ASong  in  Praise  of  Sir  Piers  de  Birmingham.   R.  A.  S. 
and  B.   I,  70.     Date  of  death,  1308.  132  11. 

Sith  Gabriel  gan  grete 


EDWARD  II. 

A.    EDWARD  VS.  THE  BARONS 

142.  On  the  King's  Breaking  his  Confirmation  of  Magna 
Charta.      C.S.  VI,  253.    c.  1311.  98  U. 

L'en  puet  fere  et  defere, 

Ceo  fiat-il  trop  sovent ; 
It  nis  nouther  wel  ne  faire; 

Therfore  Engelond  is  shent. 

143.  Songs  on  the  Death  of  Peter  de  Gaveston.    C.S.  VI, 
258.     Date  of  death,  June  19,  1312.  28+30=58  11. 

a.  Vexilla  regni  proderunt, 

b.  Pange,  lingua,  necem  Petri  qui  turbavit  Angliam. 

144.  On  Edw.  II 's  Oppression  of  the  Church.    E.S.  CXV, 
142.     c.  1323.  4  11. 

The  St.  Alban's  Henrici  de  Blaneforde  Chronica  gives 
an  extended  account  of  the  confiscation  of  the  property 
of  the  Bishop  of  Hereford.  It  then  notes,  in  a  sentence,  the 
restoration  of  the  possessions  of  the  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  for 
over  two  years  held  by  the  king.  The  chronicle  continues : 
Quidam  insuper,  cautela  inject  a  excellenter  instructus, 
videns  confusionem  cleri  et  perturbationem  non  modicam 
praelatorum,  hos  veridicos  versus  protulit,  in  haec  verba; 

**Nostri  cornuti  sunt  consilio  quasi  muti  \ 

Et  quia  non  tuti,  nequeunt  sermonibus  uti.     f    Versus 
Sunt  quasi  confusi  decreto  legis  abusi.  (    optimi. 

Sic  perit  Ecclesia,  juris  et  ipsa  via,"  / 

145.  In  Mockery  of  Hugh  Despenser,  Jr.,  at  his  Execution. 
R.S.  CXVI,  I,  185.      Event,  1326.  2  11. 

As  Hugh  Despenser  was  led  on  horseback  thru  the 
streets  of  Hereford  to  his  execution  he  wore  a  vestment 
bearing  the  following  mocking  poem,  in  addition  to  the  first 
seven  verses  of  the  LVII  psalm  (**Why  boastest  thou  thy- 
self—") 

Funus  cum  lignis,  ate  miser  ensis  et  ignis, 
Hugo  securis,  equus,  abstulit  omne  decus. 

146.  A  ** Prophecy"  on  the  Despensers.    R.S.  LXXVI,  II, 
89.     c.  1326,  by  its  place  in  the  Chronicle.  6  11. 

The  Gesta  Edwardi  de  Carnarvan  Auctore  Bridlington- 
iensi  quotes  in  full  the  sentence  on  the  younger  Despenser 
and  then  concludes  the  matter  thus :  unde  versus  vaticinii ; 


Edw.  II.]  28  [1307—27 

**Dispensatores  hircus  vehet  hie  ad  honores, 
Qui  sibi  ma j ores  non  traetabunt  per  amores. 
Pro  fastu  natus  periet  pater  inveteratus; 
Amorum  Acres  veteres  perdentque  labores, 
Abscisis  capita  rare  remeat  quia  vita, 
Membratim  cesus  dici  poterit  male  lesus." 

147.  ** Prophetic''  Verses  on  Edward  II.    R.S.  LXXVI,  II, 
92.     Date  uncertain.  18  11. 

Transmittent  Britones  hircum  sed  non  rationes. 

B.   SCOTLAND. 

148.  The  Battle  of  Bannockburn.  C.S.  VI,  262.  c.  1314. 

112  11. 
Me  cordis  augustia  cogit  mira  fari. 

149.  A  Scotch  Taunt  after  Bannockburn.   R.    S.S.  p.  xxvi. 
Event,  1314.  6  11. 

Maydens  of  Englande,  sore  may  ye  morne, 
For  your  lemmans  ye  have  lost  at  Bannockysbome, 

With  heue  a  lowe. 
What !  weneth  the  king  of  England 
So  soone  to  have  wone  Scotlande  ? 

Myth  rumbylowe. 

Ritson  quotes  Fabyan :  ' '  Thys  songe, ' '  he  adds,  ' '  was 
after  many  dales  song  in  daunces  in  the  carols  of  the 
maidens  and  mynstrelles  of  Scotland,  to  the  reprofe  and  dis- 
dayne  of  Englyshemen,  with  dyuers  other,  whych,"  says  he, 
''I  ouerpasse." 

C.    ELEGIAC  POEMS 

150.  Epitaph  on  John  Duns  Scotus.    C.H.  I,  234.    Date  of 
death,  1308.  4  11. 

Duns  Scotus  died  in  1308,  at  Cologne,  where  his  tomb  in 
the  Franciscan  Church  bears  the  inscription: 
Scotia  me  genuit. 
Anglia  me  suscepit 
Gallia  me  docuit. 
Colonia  me  tenet. 

151.  On  the  death  of  Edw.  II.  R.S.  LXXVI,  II,  97.     Date  of 
death,  1327.  6  11. 

*'0  qui  scripta  legis,  memor  esse  veils  rogo  fati 
Edwardi  regis  de  Carnervan  vocitati ; 
In  cujus  gestis  Anglis,  Kambris,  manifestis 
Armatis  maestis  occurrit  plurima  pestis; 


Edw.  II.]  29  [1307—27 

Edwardum  regem  Gloucestria  condit  humatum, 

Ad  propriumque  gregem  ducas,  bone  Christe,  beatum." 


D.    POEMS  ON  MISCELLANEOUS  SUBJECTS 

152.     Adam  Davy's  Five  Dreams  about  Edw.  II.    E.E.T.S.. 
C.S.  LXIX,  ii.     Date  uncertain.  166  11. 

To  our  lorde  Jesu  crist  in  hevene, 
153      On  the  Seizure  of  the  Templars.  R.S.  LXXVI,  II,  32. 
Event,  Jan.  12,  1308.  1  1. 

The  Gesta  Edwardi  de  Carnarvan  Auctore  Bridlingtoni- 
ensi  deals  in  detail  with  the  proceedings  against  the  Templars. 
The  account  of  their  imprisonment  concludes:  quorum  bona 
et  praedia  confiscantur,  tantummodo  singulis  dictorum. 
Templariorum  ad  sustentationem  iiii  ^r  denariis  diebus  singu- 
lis liberatis,  prout  metrice  dicitur; 

"Templis  exilium  dat  ovis  et  lilium;" 
Et  postea  mittebantur  diversis  domibus  religiosorum  possess- 
ionatorum  commorandos  decretum  consilii  expectantes. 

154.  On  the  Birth  of  Edw.  III.  R.S.  LXXVI,  II,  45. 
Event,  Nov.  13,  1312.  4  11. 

Item  eodem  anno  circa  mediam  horam  noctis  praeceden- 
tis  festum  Sancti  Bricii  episcopi  et  confessoris,  natus  est  Ed- 
wardus  tertius  post  conquaestum  et  sextus  post  Brutum; 
unde  scribitur  versus : — 

Hunc  natum  cura,  virgo  vincens  nocitura, 

Casta  creatura,  quae  salvasti  peritura, 

De  puero  pura  specialis  sit  tibi  cura, 

Ut  permansura  sibi  semper  sint  sua  jura. 

155.  On  the  Corruption  of  Juries.     R.S.    LXXVI,  II,  213. 
c.  1315.  4  11. 

Under  the  year  1315  the  Vita  Edwardi  Secundi  Auctore 
Malmesberiensi  devotes  a  paragraph  to  the  deaths  of  the  earls 
of  Gloucester  and  of  Warwick.  The  author  takes  this  as  a 
judgment  of  God  because  of  England's  sins  and  devotes  his 
next  paragraph  to  the  great  natural  faults  of  the  English: 
pride,  craft  and  perjury.  A  third  paragraph  runs :  Omnes 
fere  lites  et  placita  quae  agitantur  in  regis  curia  per  assisas 
terminantur  in  patria.  Porro  cum  ad  assisam  ventum  fuerit, 
qui  plus  dare  sufficit  proculdubio  optinebit.  Heu  omnis 
religio,omnis  dignitas,  et  omnis  potestas  cedit  pretio.  Mine 
quidam  festive  ait, 

Manus  ferens  munera  pium  facit  impium; 

Nummus  jungit  foedera,  dat  nummus  consilium. 


Edw.  II.]  30  [1307—27 

Nummus  in  praelatis  est  pro  jure  satis, 

Vos  qui  judicatis  nummo  locum  datis. 

The  succeeding  paragraph  continues  the  account  of  the 
signs  of  God's  displeasure — floods,  destruction  of  hay,  and 
the  loss  of  sheep  and  other  stock. 

156.  Song  on  the  Times.  C.S.  VI,  251.    "earlier    years    of 
Edw. 's  reign."   (T.W.)  36  11. 

Quant  honme  deit  parleir,  videat  quae  verba  loquatur; 

Sen  covent  aver,  ne  stultior  inveniatur. 

Quando  quis  loquitur,  bote  resoun  reste  therynne, 

157.  A  Poem  on  the  Times  of    Edw.  II,  P.S.  XXVII. 
1313-1320.     (?)  858  U. 

Why  werre  and  wrake  in  londe 

158.  The  Lady  and  her  Dogs.  R.A.  I,  155. 

Date  uncertain.  68  11. 

Veez  cy  solaz  de  une  dame, 

Courteyse  e  de  bone  fame. 
Jeo  say  un  dame  de  bone  purveaunce,    1.  1, 
Si  vous  assentez  a  son  ordenaunce. 


EDWARD  III. 

A.     THE  FRENCH  WAR. 

159.  On  Edward's  Invasion    of    France.    R.S.  XCIII,     83. 
Event,  1338.  4  11. 

M  simplex,  c.  ter,  x.  triplex,  v.  semel,  i  ter, 
Belliger  E.  ter  rex  trans  mare  sumpsit  iter; 
Ortus  vigeno  sexto,  regni  duodeno, 
X.  V.  lux  Julii  fit  sibi  navigii. 

160.  The  Vows  of  the  Heron.     P.  P.  &  S.,  I.  1. 

Event,  1338.  i40  II. 

Ens  el  mois  de  Setembre,  qu'estes  va  a  dedin, 

161.  Edward's  Invasion  of  Brabant.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  63. 
Event,  1338.  126  11. 

How  Edward  the  king  come  in  Braband, 

162.  Philip's  Flight  from  before  Edward.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  66. 
Event,  1338.  96  11. 

Edward  oure  cumly  king, 

163.  Epigram  on  the  Assumption  of  the  Arms  of  France. 
P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  26.     Event,  1339.  5  11. 

Rex  sum  regnorum  bina  ratione  duorum; 

164.  The  Battle  in  the  Swyn.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  70.  1340.      88  11. 
Minot  with  mowth  had  menid  to  make 

165.  The  Siege  of  Tournay.     P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  72,  1340.    81  11. 
Tourenay,  yow  has  tight 

166.  An  Invective  against  France.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  26. 

1346.  391  11. 

Francia,  foeminea,  pharisaea,  vigoris  idea, 

167.  Edward's  Landing  at  Hogges  and  Invasion  of  France. 
P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  75.     1346.  172  11. 

Men  may  rede  in  Romance  right     (or) 
A  Bore  es  broght  on  bankes  bare, 

168.  The  Siege  of  Calais.     P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  80.  1347.        96  11. 
Calais  men,  now  may  ye  care, 

169.  On  the  Truce  of  1347.     P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  53.  1347.     149  11. 
Cantica  laetitiae  mundi  flos  Anglia  promat, 

170.  The  Capture  of  Gynes.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  89.  1352.      80  U. 
War  this  winter  oway, 

171.  On  Robert  KnoUys  at  Poitiers.  R.S.  XXXVI,  III,  476. 
Event,  1356.  2  II. 


Edw.  III.]  32  [1327-77 

In  the  Annales  de  Bermundesia  a  very  brief  notice  of  the 
battle  of  Poitiers  concludes  thus :    In  isto    bello    de    Roberto 
Knollis  milite  Cestriae  sic  canebatur  metrice : 
0  Robert  Knollis,  per  te  fit  Francia  mollis ; 

Ense  tuo  tollis  praedas,  dans  vulnera  collis. 

172.  The  Dispute  between  the  Englishman  and  the  French- 
man.   P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  91.  72  11. 

Anglia,  faex  hominum,  pudor  orbis,  et  ultima  nerum. 

173.  The  '' Prophecies"  of  John  of  Bridlington.  P.  P.  &  S., 
I,  123.  c.  1370.  (?)  (The  numerous  versions  of  some  of  the 
''prophecies"  make  the  determination  of  the  date  of  writing 
more  complex  than  Wright  indicates.  See  No.  192.)     660  11. 

Febribus  infectus,  requies  fuerat  mihi  lectus, 

B.    ENGLISH  AFFAIRS 

(Here  again,  as  in  the  lack  6f  political  poems  referring 
to  the  signing  of  Magna  Charta,  the  absence  of  allusions  in 
verse  to  a  particular  subject  is  worthy  of  notice.  The  im- 
portance of  the  growth  of  parliamentary  power  under 
Edward  III  and  the  change  in  the  habits  of  the  people  marked 
by  the  introduction  of  English  as  the  language  of  the  law 
courts  instead  of  French  are  well-nigh  as  common-place  as 
John's  struggle  with  the  Barons.  The  French  war  and  the 
black  death  are,  respectively,  in  close  causal  relation  to  the 
rise  of  parliamentary  power  and  the  celebrated  Statute  of 
Laborers  of  1351.  (Mackinnon)  The  war  and  the  plague 
figure  in  the  political  verse  of  the  time  but  the  two  latter  are 
not  mentioned,  nor  are  such  prominent  features  of  the  reign 
as  the  Statutes  of  Provisors  and  Praemunire  and  the  Good 
Parliament. ) 

C.    SCOTCH  WARS. 

174.  A  Scotch  Rime  ridiculing  English  Costume.  L.  &  S. 
260-261.     c.  1329.    (T.W.)  4  n. 

Long  beerdis  hartles 
Poynted    hoodes  coytles 
Gay  cottes  gracelis 
Maketh  Englande  thryfteles. 

175.  Ercyldoun's  Prophecy.    R.A.   I,  30. 

Date  uncertain.  10  11. 

To  nyght  is  boren  a  barn  in  Kaernervam, 
That  ssal  wold  the  out  ydlis  ylc  an. 
The  kyng  Alesandre  acsede, 


Edw.  III.]  33  [1327-77 

Hwan  sail  that  be?     The  menstral  zede; 
Hwan  Banockesbourne  is  y-det  myd  mannis  bonis; 
Hwan  hares  kendleth  in  hertth-stanes ; 
Hwan  laddes  weddeth  levedes; 
Hwan  me  ledeth  men  to  selle  wyth  rapis ; 
Hwan  Rokysburth  is  no  burth; 

Hwan  men  gyven  an  folu  of  twenti  pound  for  an  seme 
of  hwete. 

176.  Prophecies    Relating    to    Edward    HI.     R.A.II,   25, 
(of.  245).     Date  uncertain.  75  11. 

Versus  inventi  Londoni  in  una  pila  de  corio,  de  Eege 
Edwardo  iii'  post  conquestum. 

En  pila  regalis  vocitor,  tum  Indus  ejusdem.  1.  1. 
Versus  vaticanales  editi  a  Gilda  hystoriographo. 
Regnum  Scotorum  fuit  inter  caetera  regna      1.  38. 

177.  Verses    on  the  Defeat    of  the    Boastful   Scots    Under 
Edward  BalioL  R.S.  LXXVI,  II,  102-3.     c.  1332.  23  11. 

Rem  referam  gestam,  multis  populis  manifestam, 

178.  The  Battle  of  Halidon  Hill.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  58. 
Event,  1333.  94  11. 

Trew  king,  that  sittes  in  trone, 

179.  Edward's  Vengeance  for  Bannockburn.   P.   P.   &   S., 
I,  61.     c.  1333.  38  11. 

Skottes  out  of  Berwik  and  of  Abirdene, 

180.  I.  On  the  Battle  of  Nevile's  Cross.    P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  40. 
Event,  Oct.  17,  1346.  26  11. 

Si  valeas  paleas,  Valoyes,  dimitte  timorem; 

181.  II.  On  the  Battle  of  Nevile's  Cross.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  41. 

271  11. 
Dux  Valeys  hinnit,  Francia  grunnit,  territa  tinnit ; 

182.  On  Crecy  and  Nevile's  Cross.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  52.  Events, 
Aug.  26  and  Oct.  17,  1346.  31  11. 

Annis  bis  sex  c,  quater  x.,  bis  ter,  simul  et  c, 

183.  On  the  Battle  of  Nevile's  Cross.     P.  P.  &  S.,     I,    83. 
Event,  Oct.  17,  1346.  134  11. 

Sir  David  the  Bruse 

184.  A  Taunt  at  the  Scots.     P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  52. 

Date  uncertain.  3  U. 

Est  omnis  Scotus  Sampson,  Salomon,  leo  totus. 
Sampson  se  necuit,  Salomon  post  tdola  travit. 
Est  leo  famelicus,  sic  omnis  Scotus  iniquus. 


Edw.  III.]  34  [1327-77 

D.     SPANISH   WARS. 

185.  Edward's  Naval  Victory.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  87. 

Event,  1350.  60  U. 

I  wald  noght  spare  for  to  speke, 

186.  On  Prince  Edward's  Expedition  Into  Spain.  P.  P.  &  S., 
I,  94.     Event,  1367.  80  11. 

Gloria  cunctorum  detur   domino  dominorum, 

187.  On  Prince  Edward's  Expedition  into  Spain  and  the 
Battle  of  Najara.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  97.     Event,  1367.  668  11. 

Mi  Martonensis,  pater  amplexandc,  Johannes, 

E.    ELEGIAC    POEMS 

188.  On  Adam  Orleton,  Bishop  of  Winchester.  R.S.  XCIII, 
173.     Date  of  death,  1345.  3  11. 

Item,  hoc  anno,  xviij.  die  mensis  Julii,  obiit  dominus 
Adam  de  Orletone,  Wyntoniensis  episcopus,  senex  et  plenus 
dierum,  postquam  ecclesias  Herefordiensem,  Wygorniensem, 
et  Wyntoniensem  ambitiosque  quaesitas,  viginti  octo  annis, 
duobus  mensibus  et  amplius  rexerat  successive.  Note  1 :  At 
the  foot  of  the  page  in  H  the  following  verses  are  written 
in  a  later  hand: 

Trigamus  est  Adam,  ductus  cupidine  quadam. 

Thomam  neglexit ;  Wolstanum  non  bene  rexit ; 

Swithunum  maluit.     Cur?     Quia  plus  valuit. 

189.  On  John  de  Vere.     VII  Earl  of  Oxford.     A.L.(C.S. 
XXXIV),  ccxxi,  n.    Date  of  death,  1360.  4  11. 

Stapleton's  preface,  note  to  p.  ccxxi The  famil- 
ies of  Beaumont  and  Vere  were  nearly  related  through  the 
marriage  of  Henry,  fifth  Lord  Beaumont  mth  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  de  Vere,  seventh  Earl  of  Oxford.  In  the 
east  window  of  the  church  of  Barton-upon-Humber  is  still 
remaining  a  portraiture  of  this  nobleman  in  painted  glass; 
and  beneath  was  this  tetrastick:       , 

Rex  Hierosolymus  cum  Bellomonte  locatur, 
Bellusmons  iterum  cum  Boghan  consociatur; 
Bellusmons  iterum  cum  Longicastro  religatur, 
Bellusmons  tsponsalibusl   Oxonie  titulatur. 
The  word  between  brackets  wanting  in  the  original,  thus 
supplied  by  Mr.  Segar,  was  doubtless  a  third  repetition  of  the 
word  "iterum." 

190.  I.     On  the  Death  of  Edw^ard  III.     P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  215. 
Date  of  death,  1377.  112  11, 

A !  dere  God,  what  may  this  be, 


Edw.  III.]  35  [1327-77 

191.  II.  On  the  Death  of  Edward  III.    Date  of  death,  1377. 
P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  219.  179  11. 

Regis  in  Edwardi  bene  debeo  funere  flere, 

F.    POEMS  ON  MISCELLANEOUS  SUBJECTS. 

192.  How  Edward  III  obtained  the  Crown.  R.S.    LXXVI, 
II,  97-98.     Event,  1327.  8  11. 

After  a  poem  on  the  death  of  Edward  II,  (No.  151),  the 
Gesta  Edwardi  Tertii  Auctore  Bridlingtoniensi  goes  on:  De 
regis  hujus  decessu  varia  vulgariter  opinantur,  de  qua  materia 
ulterius  disserere  jam  non  euro,  quia  seribitur  versus: — 
Credo  quod  interdum  multis  mendacia  prosunt, 
Et  quandoque  nocet  omnia  vera  loqui, 
Vera  loqui  nocuit,  nocuit  nimis  esse  fidelem. 
Res  ea  me  docuit  ne  cunctis  cuncta  revelem. 
Exiet  et  rediet  firmatus  nomine  patris 
Ejus  et  interiet  genitor  terebratus  in  atris. 
Arte  suae  matris  regnum  rapiet  sibi  patris 
Funera  post  patris  quaeret  regalia  matris. 
Sed  quod  in  vaticinio  metrico  de  domino  rege  nostro  nunc 
et  patre  suo  dicitur  audiamus  versus. 

LI.  5-8,  as  well  as  a  nine  line  "prophecy"  on  page  96  are 
from  the  Prophecy  of  John  of  Bridlington  (No.  173),  one  of 
the  most  widely  circulated  of  this  class  of  works. 

193.  A  Prophecy  foretelling  the  rule  of  Edward  III.     R.S. 
LXXVI,  II,  93.     Event,  1327.  2  11. 

The  Gesta  Edwardi  de  Carnarvan  Auctore  Bridlingtoni- 
ensi gives  a  detailed  and  interesting  account  of  how  the  fol- 
lowing prophecy  of  Edward  Ill's  accession  was  revealed  to 
St.  Thomas,  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  at  a  time  when  there 
was  discord  between  Henry  II  and  Henry,  his  eldest  son  and 
crowned  heir.  This  the  author  considers  a  good  omen  for 
Edward  Ill's  reign. 

H.  patre  submarcet  post  R.  reget  J.  que  relicto 
E.  post  H.  rex  fit,  E.  post  E.  postea  mira. 

194.  On   the   Tournament.    R.S.  LXXVI,    I,    355.     Event, 
Sept.  23-25,  1331.  2  IL 

Anno  Dei  xi°  cubice  nonoque  kalendas 
Tobis  trina  dies  hastas  Edwarde  Chep  en  das. 

195.  On  the  Discouragements  to  Literary  Distinction.  R.S, 
LXVI,  II,  25,  1339  ( ?)    (May  be  older  than  context.)     54  11. 

Scriberem  dictanda  varia 

196.  On  the  Plague  in  1348-9.     R.S.  XXXVI,  III,  475.     1  L 


Edw.  III.]  36  [1327-77 

The  Annales  de  Bermundesia  has  the  following  account 
of  the  black  plague:  Anno  Domini  MCCCXLVIIl.,  et  anno 
regni  regis  Edwardi  tertii  vicesimo  tertio.  Hoc  anno  incepit 
magna  pestilentia  Londonise,  circa  festum  Sancti  Michaelis, 
et  duravit  usque  ad  festum  Sancti  Petri  ad  Vincula  proximo 
sequens.  Ista  pestilentia  vix  reliquit  decimum  hominem  in 
Anglia.     Unde  versus: 

Grande  fuit  funus,  ML.  ter  C.  vacat  unus. 

197.  I.    On  the  Great  Wind  in  1361-2.  R.S.  I,  221.  2  11. 
C.     ter  erant  mille  decies  [sex]  unus  et  ille 

Luce  tua  Maure  vehemens  fuit  impetus  aure. 
A  thousand  III.  hundred  sexti  and  too, 
Was  Maurus  wynd  whech  blew  soo. 

198.  IL  On  the  Great  W^ind  in  1361-2.  R.S.  XXXVI, 
III,  477.  1  1. 

Ecce  flat  hoc  anno  Maurus,  in  orbe  tonat. 

199.  On  the  Black  Prince's  Quarrel  with  Hampden.  H-P. 
P.E.  and  N.T.  p.  194.    Date  uncertain.  3  11. 

Hamden  of  Hamden  did  forgoe 

The  manors  of  Tring,  Wing  and  Ivinghoe, 

For  striking  the  Black  Prince  a  blow. 

200.  Verses  on  the  Conqueror's  Founding  Battle  Abbey. 
R.A.  I,  92.  c.  1366.  ( ?)  (Date  un-certain;  likely  slightly  ear- 
lier, if  the  ''prophecy"  was  written  for  political  effect.)   8  11. 

Anglorum  regna  Bastard  bello  superavit, 
Ac  monasterium  rex  construere  properavit ; 
Jejuans,  orans,  volens  de  sobole  scire, 
Divum  responsum  rex  promeretur  audire: 
'Quot  pedibus  stabit  ecclesia  Battalia  longa, 
Tot  annis  tua  posteritas  stabit  in  Angla,' 
Quam  licet  ecclesiam  prolongasse  voluere. 
Trecentos  pedos  excedere  non  potuere. 


RICHARD  II. 

A.     THE  PEASANT  REVOLT. 

201.  First  Epistle  of  John  Ball.  P.S.  I,  sec.  7,  p.  2. 

c.  1381.  8  11. 

John  the  Miller  hath  yground  small,  small, 

202.  Second  Epistle  of  John  Ball.  P.S.  I,  sec.  7,  p.  2. 

c.  1381.  13  11. 

John  Ball,  St.  Mary  priest, 

203.  Jack  Miller's  Song.  P.S.  I,  sec.  7,  p.  3.     e.  1381.     17  IL 
Jack  Miller  asketh  helpe  to  turn  his  Mill  aright. 

204.  Jack  Trueman's  Epistle.    P.S.  I,  sec.  7,  p.  4. 

c.  1381.  11  11. 
Jack  Trewaiian  doeth  you  to  understond 

205.  On  the  Rebellion  of  Jack  Straw.    P.  P.  &    S.,  I,    224. 
c.  1381.     (See  No.  215).  74  11. 

Tax  has  tenet  us  alle, 

probat  hoc  mors  tot  validorum, 
The  kyng  thereof  hade  smalle, 

fuit  in  manibus  cupidorum, 

206.  On  the  Slaughter  of  Archbishop  Sudbury.    P.  P.  &  S., 
I,  227.     Event,  1381.  108  11. 

Proh  dolor!  accrevit  nuper  confusio  rerum; 

B.    LOLLARDBY. 

207.  Against  the  Lollards.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  231.  c.  1381.  672  11. 
Praesta,  Jhesu,  quod  postulo, 

208.  On  the  Council  of  London.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  253.     Event, 
May  19,  1382.  294  11. 

Heu!  quanta  desolatio  Angliae  praestatur, 

Cujus  regnum  quodlibet  hinc  inde  minatur, 

Et  hujus  navigium  pene  conquassatur ; 

Regnum  nee  consilio  nee  ope  juvatur. 

With  an  0  and  an  I,  prae  dolore  ventris, 
Meum  jam  consilium  jacet  in  vi  mentis. 

209.  On  the  Lollards  burning  an  Image  of  St.  Katherine. 
R.S.  XCII,  II,  183.     Event,  1382.  28  11. 

Olim  quippe  viri  fuerant  duo  valde  nefandi, 

210.  Verses  posted  by  the  Lollards  on  the  Door  of  St.  Paul 's. 
R.S.  CXV,  182     .Event,  1395.  6  IL 


Ric.  IL]  38  [1377-99 

Hii  versus  qui  sequuntur,  affixi  fuere  ostio  Sancti 
Pauli  ;— 

''Plangant  Anglorum  gentes  crimen  sodomorum; 

Paulus  fert,  horum  sunt  idola  causa  malorum. 

Surgunt  ingrati  Giazitae,  Simone  nati, 

Nomine  praelati,  hoc  defensare  parati. 

Qui  reges  estis,  populis  quicunque  prae  estis, 

Qualiter  hiis  gestis  gladiis  prohibeer  potestis?'' 

0.     SPAIN. 

(Under  Edward  III  three  poems  (Nos.  185-187),  by 
English  writers  are  included  which  celebrate  English  victor- 
ies over  the  Spanish  in  that  reign.  It  is  highly  probable  that 
an  examination  of  Spanish  literature  would  reveal  correspond- 
ing Spanish  exultations  over  the  numerous  unsuccessful  ef- 
forts of  John  of  Gaunt  to  make  good  his  title  of  ''King  of 
Castile.") 

Z>.     IRELAND. 

(Richard  II 's  two  expeditions  into  Ireland  are  probably 
reflected  in  some  contemporary  political  verse.  As  in  AVales, 
during  Henry  Ill's  reign,  the  death  of  a  chieftain  was  often 
lamented  by  the  bards  who  recounted  the  exploits  of  the  de- 
parted hero.  There  are  likely  many  such  poems,  unpublished 
or  in  rare  volumes,  on  the  chiefs  who  fought  Richard  so  suc- 
cessfully during  his  second  expedition  of  1399.) 

E.    ENGLAND. 

211.  I,  On  the  Earthquake  of  1382.    P.P.&S.,  I,  250. 
Event,  1382.  88  11. 

Yit  is  God  a  courteis  lord, 

212.  Distich  on  the  Year  1391.     P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  278.     Date 
uncertain.  2  11. 

The  ax  was  sharp,  the  stokke  was  harde, 
In  the  xiiij  yere  of  kyng  Richarde. 

213.  On  the  Pestilence.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  279. 

Event,  1391    (?)  64  11. 
Ecce  dolet  Anglia  luctibus  imbuta. 

214.  The  Reconciliation  of  Richard  II  with  the   City  of 
London.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  282.  Event,  August,  1393.             544  U. 

TuUius  in  laudem  tantam  sustollit  amicos. 

215.  On  the  Arrest  of  the  Duke  of  Gloucester.    R.S.  CXV, 
206.     Event,  1397.     Prophecy  from  c.  1387?  2  11. 


Ric.  IL]  39  [1377-99 

After  a  long  and  detailed  account  of  the  surrender  of 
the  Earl  of  Arundel  and  the  arrest  of  the  Earl  of  Warwick 
and  the  Duke  of  Gloucester,  the  Annales  Ricardi  Secundi, 
Regis  Angliae  proceeds:  Impletaque  fuit  tunc  prophetia 
eomminatoria,  metrice  composita,  [et]  per  decennium  ante 
vulgata ;  quae  talis  est : — 

''Vulpes  cum  cauda  caveat,  dum  cantat  alauda, 
Ne  rapiens  pecus  simul  rapiatur,  et  equus." 
' '  Vulpem  cum  cauda ' '  vocavit  Ducem,  quia  semper  f ere- 
batur  super  hostam,  in  ejus  praesentia,  cauda  vulpis.  ' '  Dum 
cantat  alauda"  dixit,  quia  mane  ad  cantus  alaudae,  prout 
contigit,  capiendus  fuit;  quo  capto,  imminebat  et  raptus 
pecudis  repientis,  id  est,  Comitis  Warwici;  et  equi,  id  est, 
Oomitis  Arundeliae ;  quia  alter  pro  signo  f  erebat  ursum,  alter 
equum. 

Cf.  T.W.'s  version,  P.P.&  S.,  I,  226,  (part  of  No.  205?) 
Vulpes  cum  cauda  caneat,  cum  cantat  alauda, 
Ne  rapide  pecus  voculus  capiatur  et  equus. 

216.  On  King  Richard  II.     P.P.&S.,  I,  360.     Date  uncer- 
tain. 104  11. 

0  Deus  immense,  sub  quo  dominantur  in  ense 

217.  On  the  Expected  Arrival  of  the  Duke  of  Lancaster. 
P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  366.     Event,  July,  1399.  42  11. 

O  Deus  in  collis  disponens  cuncta  fidelis, 

218.  On    King    Richard's     Ministers.       P.P.&S.,     I,     363. 
1399.  90  11. 

Ther  is  a  busch  that  is  forgrowe ; 

219.  On  the  Fallen  Ministers.    R.S.    CXV,  276,  n.  5. 

c.  1399.  21  11. 

The  grene  ys  y  mowe,  and  the  bussche  over  throwe. 
And  the  bagge  yschake,  thenne  yt  ys  tyme  Engelond 
to  wake. 

220.  Prophecies   affecting   Richard   II.       R.S.   CXV,   233. 
Date  uncertain.  2  11, 

See  the  interesting  and  detailed  account  in  the  Annales 
Ricardi  Secundi,  Regis  Angliae  of  the  king's  dependence  on 
soothsayers  and  how  he  was  Decipiebatur  mempe  cotidie 
per  quosdam  pseudo-prophetas. 

Tunc  opus  est  tauro  proprio  confidere  stauro;     (and) 
Ad  gallum  nomen  tauri  transibit,  et  omen. 

221.  Prophecy  referring  to  Richard  II 's  Original  Name  of 
*'John."     R.S.  CXV,  237.     Date  uncertain.  11. 

(This  interesting    legend  is  set  forth    in    detail  in    the 


Ric.  II.]  40  [1377-99 

prose  context.) 

Vix  binis  annis  durabit  pompa  Johannis. 

222.  Richard  the  Redelesse.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  368.  1399.    857  11. 
And  as  I  passid  in  my  preiere  there  prestis  were  at 

messe 

223.  Gower's'   Tripartite    Chronicle.       F.P.&S.,     I,     417. 
Date  not  ascertained.  1162  11, 

Ista  tripartita  sequitur  quae  mente  perita. 

224.  Memorial  Verses  on  the  Reigns  of  Edward  III  and 
Richard  II.    P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  454.  Date  not  ascertained.     120  11. 

Tertius  Edwardus  vivo  genitore  coronam. 

F.    FRANCE 

225.  On  the  Truce  between  England  and  France.    P.P.&S., 
I,  300.     Event,  1394.  56  11. 

Autre  beauraym  et  le  pare  de  Hedin, 

G.    SCOTLAND 

226.  The  Battle  of  Otterburne.  R.  A.S.&  B.,  I,  sec.  2,  III,  p. 
94.     Event,  August  9th,  1388.  280  11. 

Yt  fell  abowght  the  Lamasse  tyde, 
Whan  husbondes  wynne  ther  haye, 

227.  The  Hontyng  of  the  Cheviat.     R.  A.S.&B.,  I,  sec.  2, 
IV,  p.  105.     Date  uncertain.  282  11. 

The  Perse  owt  off  Northombarlande, 
And  a  vow  to  god  mayd  he, 

B.    ELEGIAC  POEMS 

228.  On  the  Fate  of  Richard  II.    R.S.  CXV,  332,  n.  2.    Date, 
uncertain.  4  11. 

Note  2,  p.  332:  At  the  foot  of  this  page  (107),  the  fol- 
lowing lines  are  written  in,  apparently,  an  almost  contem- 
porary hand. 

Qui  regis,  intende,  rotam  fortunae  cavete. 

En  Rex  procerus,  regum  Richard  recolendus ; 

Ecce!  per  auriloquos  victus,  cupidosque  bilingues, 

En  cui  servierat,  fraude  peremptus  erat. 

(The  editor,  H.  T.  Riley,  does  not  suggest  why  the  lines 
occur  in  this  place,  and  as  they  bear  no  relation  to  that  part 
of  the  text  reproduced  on  p.  332,  we  may  assume  they  were 
inserted  at  random  or  because  a  blank  offered  in  the  Ms. 
at  the  bottom  of  page  107.) 


Ric.  II.]  41  [1377-9^ 

/.  POEMS  ON  MISCELLANEOUS  SUBJECTS. 

229.  On  the  Earthquake  of  1382.    R.S.  XXXVI,  III,  480. 
Date,  perhaps  a  later  year.  2  11. 

A.  post  Dunstanum,  post  tempus  meridianum 
e.  cuculum  vixi,  terraemotuin,  tibi  dixi. 

230.  On  the  Times.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  270.    1388  (?)  232  11. 
Syngun  y  wolde,  but,  alas! 

descendunt   prospera   grata; 
England  sum  tyme  was 

regnorum  gemma  vocata; 

231.  Lak  of  Stedfastnesse.    C.    p.  630.  1389  (?)  28  11. 
Som  tyme  this  world  was  so  stedf ast  and  stable 

232.  On    the    Corruptions    of   the    Age.     P.P.&S.,  I,    346. 
1396-7.  32111. 

Non  excusatur  qui  verum  non  fateatur. 

233.  On  the  Vices  of  the  Different  Orders  of  Society.    P.P. 
&S.,  I,  356.     1396-7.   (?)  103  11. 

Heu !  quia  per  crebras  humus  est  vitiata  tenebras, 

234.  The  Baselard.  S.&  C,  W.O.,  IV,  84.  Date  uncertain. 

32  11. 
Prenegard,  prenegard, 
Thus  here  I  myn  baselard. 
Lestenit,  lordynges,  I  zou  beseke ;  1.  1. 

235.  On  the  Decline  of  Virtue.  S.&C,  P.S.,  XXIII,  p.  96. 
Date  uncertain.  24  11. 

God  that  sytteth  in  trinitie, 
^  Amend  this  world,  if  thi  will  it  be. 

Vycyce  be  wyld,  and  vertues  lame ;  1.  1. 

236     Penniless  is  Helpless.  S.&C,  P.S.,  XXIII,  35.  Date  un- 
certain. 36  11. 
Man  upon  mold,  whatsoever  thou  be, 
I  warn  utterly  thou  getyst  no  degre, 

237.  Guile  and  Gold.  S.&C,  W.C,  IV,  13.  Date  uncertain. 

20  11. 
Now  go  gyle,  gyle,  gyle. 
Now  go  gile,  gyle,  go. 
Gyle  and  gold  togedere  arn  met,  1.  1. 

238.  Power  of  the  Purse.  S.&C,  W.C.  IV,  14.  Date  uncertain. 

16  11. 
Syng  we  alle  and  sey  we  thus, 
Gramersy  myn  owyn  purs. 
Quan  I  have  in  myn  purs  i-now,  1.  1. 

239.  Truth  an  Outlaw.  S.&  C,  W.C,  IV,  19.  Date  uncertain. 

24  11. 


Ric.  II.]  42  [1377-99 

God  be  with  trewthe  qwer  he  be, 
I  wolde  he  were  in  this  cuntre. 
A  man  that  xuld  of  trewthe  telle,  1.  1. 

240.  Might  of  the  Penny.  S.&  C,  W.O.,  IV,  75.     Date   un- 
certain. 20  11. 

Go  bet,  peny,  go  bet,  go, 
For  thou  mat  makyn  bothe  frjmd  and  fo. 
Peny  is  an  hardy  knyght ;  1.  1. 

241.  Syr  Peny.    R.A.  II,  108.    Date,  uncertain.  93  11. 
In  erth  there  ys  a  lityll  thyng, 

J.     WELCOME  TO  HENRY  IV. 

242.  Complimentary  Verses  on  King  Henry  IV.  P.  P.  &  S., 
II,  1,  3,  and  15.    c.  1399.  100  11. 

a.  Rex  coeli  Deus  et  Dominus,  qui  tempora  solus 

b.  0  reeolende  bone,  pie  rex  Henrice,  patrone, 

c.  Henrice  quarti  primus  regni  fuit  annus 

243.  Address  of  John  Gower  to  Henry  IV.  P.P.&  S.,  II,  4. 
c.  1399.     7  11.  Lat.-}-385  11.  Eng.=  392  11. 

Electus  Christi,  pie  rex  Henrice,  fuisti 

0  worthi  noble  kyng  Henry  the  ferthe,  1.  8. 


*  *      *    « 


THE  CHURCH 

A'    DIRECT  ATTACKS  ON  THE  CORRUPTION  OF  THE 
REGULAR  CLERGY. 

244.  Song  on  the  Times.  C.S.  VI,  14.  1st  l^  of  XIII  Cen- 
tury (?)  76 11. 

Utar  contra  vitia  carmine  rebelli ; 

245.  The  Abbott  of  Gloucester's  Feast.  R.A.  I,  140.  1242  ( ?) 

172  11. 
Quondam  fuit  factur  festus, 

246.  Song  against  the  Friars.  P.P.&S.,  I,  263.     Date  not 
ascertained.  180  11. 

Preste,  ne  monk,  ne  zit  chanoun, 
247-     On  the  Minorite  Friars.    P.  P.  &  S.,  I,    268.    1882-88. 

42  11. 
Of  thes  frer  mynours  me  thenkes  moch  wonder, 

248.  Peres  the  Ploughman's  Creed.  E.E.T.S.  o.s.,  Vol.  XXX, 
p.  1,1394.     (Skeat,  p.  XVI).  855  11. 

249.  The  Complaint  of  The  Ploughman.  P.  P.  &  S.,  I,  304. 
cl395.    (Skeat,  E.E.T.S,  O.S.  XXX,  xvi).  1328  11. 

A  Sterne  strife  is  stirred  newe, 

B.     SATIRICAL  PLANS  FOR  A  MONKS'  PARADISE. 

250.  The  Land  of  Cokaine.  G.E.  Spec.  I,  83.  Date  uncertain. 

190  11. 
Far  in  the  sea,  by  West  Spain 
Is  a  land  ihote  Cokaigne, 

251.  The  Order  of  Fair-Ease.  C.S.     VI,     137.     Edward  I. 
(T.W.)(?)  248  11. 

Qui  vodra  a  moi  entendre, 
Oyr  purra  e  aprendre 
L'estoyre  de  un  Ordre  novel, 
Qe  mout  est  delitous  e  bel: 

C.    ATTACKS  ON  CARELESSNESS  IN  CHURCH 
SERVICES. 

252.  On    Slovenly     Choir     Singing.     R.S.     LXXVII,     III, 
cxxxiii.    Date  uncertain.  3  11. 

C.  T.  Martin,  in  his  edition  of  the  Registrum  Epistolarum 
Fratis  Johannis  Peckham,  Arehiepiscopi  Cantuariensis,  men- 


Church]  44  [Defense 

tions  a  treatise  on  subjects  suggested  by  Peckham's  ''De  In- 
f ormatione  Simplicium ' '  and  the  five  following  constitutions : 
The  writer  was  probably  a  monk,  and  the  word  Holme  written 
on  f.  1236  may  be  his  name.  That  he  was  a  monk  is  suggested 
by  his  remarks  on  the  duty  of  singing  well  and  earnestly  in 
the  choir.  "Hii  sunt,"  he  says,  "qui  psalmos  corrumpunt 
nequiter  almos. 

Jangeler  cum  japer  napper  galper  quoque  dragger, 
Momeler  forskipper  forrener  sic  overhipper. 
Fragmina  verborum  Titivillus  colligit  horum." 

253.  On  Careless  Chanting.  R.A.  I,  90.     Date  uncertain. 

2  11. 
Ecclesiae  tres  sunt,  qui  servitium  male  f ollunt ; 

Momylers,  forscyppers,  ovrelepers,  non  bene  psallunt. 

D.    ATTACKS  ON  THE  ECCLESIASTICAL  COURTS, 

254.  A  Satyre  on  the  Consistory  Courts.  C.S.  VI,  p.  155. 
Edward  I.    (T.  W.)  (?)  90  11. 

Ne  mai  no  lewed  lued  libben  in  londe 

E.    DEFENSES  OF  THE  CHURCH. 

255.  Defensio  Fratrum  Mendicantium,  per  Joh.  Peckham. 
R.S.  LXXVII,  III,  ex.  Ante  1292.  ( ?)  (Peckham  died  in 
that  year.)  (c-  560  U.) 

O  Christi  vicarie,  monarcha  terrarum 
Vir  matris  ecclesie,  cella  scriptuarum 


POPULAR  HEROES 

A.    FOB  USE  IN  THE  CHURCH  SERVICE. 

256.  Lectionary  for  St.  Kyneburg  of  Gloucester  (and 
others).  R.S.  XXXIII,  I,  Ixv  &  Ixviii.  Date  of  death,  1147. 
Translated,  1390.    Date,  uncertain. 

Number  of  11.  not  ascertained. 
1.  1. 

Kyneburga  generosa 

Multis  effloruit  virtutibus, 
Cujus  vita  virtuosa 

Normam  exhibuit  claustralibus. 


Deo  vero  sit  gloria, 

Qui  dat  de  sua  gratia 
Nobis  imitabilia 

Virginis  exemplaria.     Amen. 

257.  A  Hymn  for  the  Feasts  after  Christmas.  (Including 
St.  Thomas  of  Canterbury's  Day).  S.  &  C,  W.O.,  IV,  p.  90. 
Date  of  death,  1170.    Translated,  1220.  Date,  uncertain.  40  11. 

Non  pudescit  corpore. 
Quod  testatur  hodie, 
Manna  monumenti, 
dies. 

258.  Anthem  of  St.  Thomas  the  Martyr.  E.E.T.S.  0.  S., 
XLIX,  90.    Post  1170.  1011. 

Incipit  Antiphona  de  sancto  Thoma  Martyre  in  Anglico 

Haly  thomas  of  heoueriche.  1.  1 

Alle  apostles  eueliche. 

The  Martyrs  the  vnderstonde. 

Godfullyche  in  heore  honde. 

Selcuth  dude  vre  dryhtin. 

That  he  water  wende  to  win. 

Thu  ert  help  in  engelaunde. 

Vre  stephne   vnderstonde. 

Thu  ert  froure  a-mong  mon-kunne. 

Help  vs  nv  of  vre  sunne.    Evovae. 

259.  Hymn  to  Simon  de  Montfort.  C.S.  VI.,  124.  Date  of 
death,  1266.     Date  not  ascertained.  13  11. 


Popular]  46  [Heroes 

Salve,  Symon  Montis-Fortis,  J 

Totius  flos  militiae, 
Duras  poenas  passus  mortis, 
Protector  gentis  Angliae. 
260.     The  Office  of  St.  Thomas  of  Lancaster.  C.S.  VI,  268. 
Date  of  death,  1322.     Date,  uncertain. 

A  prose  prayer  of  one  sentence  and  52  11. 
Ant^    Gaude  Thoma,  ducum  decus,  lucerna  Lancastriae, 
Qui  per  necem  imitaris  Thomam  Cantuariae ; 


Interpella  pro  peccatis 

nostris  patrem  gloriae,  1.  51. 

Ut  ascribat  cum  beatis 

nos  coelestis  curiae.     Amen.  1.  52. 

B.    MISCELLANEOUS  POEMS. 


261.  A  Carol  for  Saint  Edmund's  Day.  R.  A.  S.&B.,  1,  143. 
Date  of  death,  870.    Date,  uncertain.  16  11. 

A  newe  song  i  wil  begynne. 

Of  kyng  Edmund  that  was  so  fre,  k 

How  he  deyid  without  synne,  ' 

And  bow^[n]dyn  his  body  was  to  a  tre.  I 

262.  The  Death  of  St.  Thomas  of  Canterbury.  S.&  C,  W.C.,  J 
IV,  Q^.  Died  1170.  Translated,  1220.  Date,  uncertain.     36  11.  ' 

.£x,  a,  a,  a, 

Nunc  gaudet  ecclesia. 
Lestenytz,  lordynges,  bothe  grete  and  smale,     1.  1 
I  xal  zou  telyn  a  w^onder  tale, 
How  holycherche  was  brow[t]  in  bale. 

Cum  magna  injuria. 

263.  A  Carol  for  St.  Thomas'  Day.  Songs  and  Carols.  P.S. 
XXIII,  51.  Date  of  death,  1170.  Translated,  1220.  Date, 
uncertain.  24 11. 

''Make  we  joy  both  more  and  lesse, 

On  the  dey  of  sent  Thomas 

Pastor  eesus  in  gregys  medio, 

Pacem   emit   cruorys   precio. 
As  storys  wryght  and  specyfy,  1.  1. 

Sent  Thomas,  thorow  Goddes  sond, 
Beyng  a  byschop  of  Canturbery, 

"Was  martyrd  for  the  ryght  of  Englond." 


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